Triple

T246723
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman Bethune E5053 entity
Predicate placeOfDeath P21 FINISHED
Object Tang County, Hebei, China
Tang County in Hebei, China, is a rural county historically noted as the place where Canadian physician and medical humanitarian Norman Bethune died during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
E31763 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Tang County, Hebei, China | Statement: [Norman Bethune, placeOfDeath, Tang County, Hebei, China]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tang County, Hebei, China
Context triple: [Norman Bethune, placeOfDeath, Tang County, Hebei, China]
  • A. Tengchow, Shandong, China
    Tengchow, Shandong, China is a historic coastal city in eastern China’s Shandong province, known as the birthplace of influential American publisher Henry Luce.
  • B. Hebei
    Hebei is a northern Chinese province surrounding Beijing and Tianjin, historically significant as a major political, military, and industrial region.
  • C. X’ian, China
    Xi’an is a major historic city in central China, best known as the ancient capital of several dynasties and home to the famed Terracotta Army.
  • D. North China
    North China is a historically and politically significant region of northern China that has long been a strategic center for military, economic, and cultural activity.
  • E. Chengdu, Sichuan, China
    Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province in southwestern China, known for its spicy cuisine, giant panda conservation centers, and long history as a major cultural and economic hub.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Tang County, Hebei, China
Triple: [Norman Bethune, placeOfDeath, Tang County, Hebei, China]
Generated description
Tang County in Hebei, China, is a rural county historically noted as the place where Canadian physician and medical humanitarian Norman Bethune died during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tang County, Hebei, China
Target entity description: Tang County in Hebei, China, is a rural county historically noted as the place where Canadian physician and medical humanitarian Norman Bethune died during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • A. Tengchow, Shandong, China
    Tengchow, Shandong, China is a historic coastal city in eastern China’s Shandong province, known as the birthplace of influential American publisher Henry Luce.
  • B. Hebei
    Hebei is a northern Chinese province surrounding Beijing and Tianjin, historically significant as a major political, military, and industrial region.
  • C. X’ian, China
    Xi’an is a major historic city in central China, best known as the ancient capital of several dynasties and home to the famed Terracotta Army.
  • D. North China
    North China is a historically and politically significant region of northern China that has long been a strategic center for military, economic, and cultural activity.
  • E. Chengdu, Sichuan, China
    Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province in southwestern China, known for its spicy cuisine, giant panda conservation centers, and long history as a major cultural and economic hub.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a257c4bf688190a46ebbf411ab7473 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d13b8088190a3f48f0388d57496 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a36cf64798819096218d320b00a3a9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a36d713d548190afadbc7ec7509d98 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a36e072f188190a0961926536659c1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.