Triple

T3339495
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Inazo Nitobe E70223 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Nitobe
Nitobe is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Inazo Nitobe, a prominent educator, diplomat, and author of "Bushido: The Soul of Japan."
 E403098 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: Nitobe | Statement: [Inazo Nitobe, familyName, Nitobe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nitobe
Context triple: [Inazo Nitobe, familyName, Nitobe]
  • A. Seikichi
    Seikichi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
  • B. Shinpei
    Shinpei is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
  • C. Yasuhiko
    Yasuhiko is a Japanese given name notably borne by Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, a member of the Imperial Family of Japan in the early 20th century.
  • D. Takahira Kogorō
    Takahira Kogorō was a prominent Japanese diplomat of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who played key roles in negotiating major international agreements, including those ending the Russo-Japanese War.
  • E. Nagahiro
    Nagahiro is a Japanese given name that can be used for male individuals.
  • 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: Nitobe
Triple: [Inazo Nitobe, familyName, Nitobe]
Generated description
Nitobe is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Inazo Nitobe, a prominent educator, diplomat, and author of "Bushido: The Soul of Japan."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nitobe
Target entity description: Nitobe is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Inazo Nitobe, a prominent educator, diplomat, and author of "Bushido: The Soul of Japan."
  • A. Seikichi
    Seikichi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
  • B. Shinpei
    Shinpei is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
  • C. Yasuhiko
    Yasuhiko is a Japanese given name notably borne by Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, a member of the Imperial Family of Japan in the early 20th century.
  • D. Takahira Kogorō
    Takahira Kogorō was a prominent Japanese diplomat of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who played key roles in negotiating major international agreements, including those ending the Russo-Japanese War.
  • E. Nagahiro
    Nagahiro is a Japanese given name that can be used for male individuals.
  • 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb1bf1f648190993ac8e9dda60983 completed March 8, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b53fccf644819082334b566f23c20a completed March 14, 2026, 11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54073ab1c8190a80adb7754fdcc58 completed March 14, 2026, 11:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5412810748190905e09b773541eaa completed March 14, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.