Triple
T3224546
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Li Hongzhang |
E67591
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company |
E256154
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company | Statement: [Li Hongzhang, founded, China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company Context triple: [Li Hongzhang, founded, China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company]
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A.
China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
chosen
The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was a pioneering late Qing dynasty Chinese shipping enterprise that symbolized the country's early efforts at state-led industrial and commercial modernization.
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B.
Shanghai International Port Group
Shanghai International Port Group is a major Chinese state-owned enterprise that operates and manages the Port of Shanghai, one of the world’s busiest container ports.
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C.
South Manchuria Railway Company
The South Manchuria Railway Company was a powerful Japanese state-backed enterprise that operated railways and administered extensive economic and colonial interests in Manchuria in the early 20th century.
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D.
Shanghai Jin Mao Group Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Jin Mao Group Co., Ltd. is a Chinese real estate development company best known for developing major landmark projects in Shanghai, including prominent skyscrapers in the city’s financial district.
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E.
Oriental Limited
Oriental Limited was a premier named passenger train that provided luxury long-distance service on the Great Northern Railway in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad858c61888190a31196310d9b30b5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adae1ae8f08190880d0f0e8539cdbc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2625eaa708190b23ca6e575d664a2 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 6:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.