Triple

T256039
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Hong Kong E5438 entity
Predicate country P26 FINISHED
Object British Hong Kong
British Hong Kong was a former British colony on the southern coast of China that developed into a major global financial and trading hub before its 1997 handover to China.
E8492 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: British Hong Kong | Statement: [Battle of Hong Kong, country, British Hong Kong]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Hong Kong
Context triple: [Battle of Hong Kong, country, British Hong Kong]
  • A. Hong Kong, China
    Hong Kong, China is a major global financial and trading hub and a Special Administrative Region of China located on the southern coast of the country.
  • B. Straits Settlements
    The Straits Settlements were a group of British colonial territories in Southeast Asia, including key trading ports such as Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • C. Macau
    Macau is a Special Administrative Region of China known for its blend of Portuguese and Chinese cultures and its major casino and tourism industry.
  • D. British Malaya
    British Malaya was a group of British-controlled territories on the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands that became a major center of rubber and tin production before forming the core of modern Malaysia.
  • E. Hong Kong dollar
    The Hong Kong dollar is the official currency of Hong Kong, known for its long-standing peg to the US dollar and its central role in the region’s status as a major international financial 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: British Hong Kong
Triple: [Battle of Hong Kong, country, British Hong Kong]
Generated description
British Hong Kong was a former British colony on the southern coast of China that developed into a major global financial and trading hub before its 1997 handover to China.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Hong Kong
Target entity description: British Hong Kong was a former British colony on the southern coast of China that developed into a major global financial and trading hub before its 1997 handover to China.
  • A. Hong Kong, China chosen
    Hong Kong, China is a major global financial and trading hub and a Special Administrative Region of China located on the southern coast of the country.
  • B. Straits Settlements
    The Straits Settlements were a group of British colonial territories in Southeast Asia, including key trading ports such as Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • C. Macau
    Macau is a Special Administrative Region of China known for its blend of Portuguese and Chinese cultures and its major casino and tourism industry.
  • D. British Malaya
    British Malaya was a group of British-controlled territories on the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands that became a major center of rubber and tin production before forming the core of modern Malaysia.
  • E. Hong Kong dollar
    The Hong Kong dollar is the official currency of Hong Kong, known for its long-standing peg to the US dollar and its central role in the region’s status as a major international financial hub.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d5669008190978bbd7308be11f7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a386170dac81909a5ebf631f6037ab completed March 1, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a386b6ebd88190bf52dc3706abfc39 completed March 1, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a38764d03c8190a428a8b1cd5eac06 completed March 1, 2026, 12:25 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.