Triple

T3551861
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hongzhi Emperor E75127 entity
Predicate notableOfficial P1918 FINISHED
Object Xie Qian
Xie Qian was a prominent Ming dynasty statesman and scholar who served as a leading official under the Hongzhi Emperor.
E369637 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: Xie Qian | Statement: [Hongzhi Emperor, notableOfficial, Xie Qian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xie Qian
Context triple: [Hongzhi Emperor, notableOfficial, Xie Qian]
  • A. Yu Chengwan
    Yu Chengwan was a Chinese military commander best known for leading Nationalist forces during the World War II-era Battle of Changde against the Imperial Japanese Army.
  • B. Shan Zuchang
    Shan Zuchang is a Chinese businessman best known for serving as chairman of English football club West Bromwich Albion.
  • C. Xu Guangqi
    Xu Guangqi was a prominent late Ming dynasty scholar-official, scientist, and Catholic convert known for his collaboration with Matteo Ricci and his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and agricultural reform in China.
  • D. Li Dongyang
    Li Dongyang was a prominent Ming dynasty scholar-official, poet, and statesman who served in high office under multiple emperors and was renowned for his literary talent and political influence.
  • E. Bai Xianyong
    Bai Xianyong is a prominent Chinese-American writer and scholar best known for his modernist fiction and influential short story collection "Taipei People."
  • 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: Xie Qian
Triple: [Hongzhi Emperor, notableOfficial, Xie Qian]
Generated description
Xie Qian was a prominent Ming dynasty statesman and scholar who served as a leading official under the Hongzhi Emperor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xie Qian
Target entity description: Xie Qian was a prominent Ming dynasty statesman and scholar who served as a leading official under the Hongzhi Emperor.
  • A. Yu Chengwan
    Yu Chengwan was a Chinese military commander best known for leading Nationalist forces during the World War II-era Battle of Changde against the Imperial Japanese Army.
  • B. Shan Zuchang
    Shan Zuchang is a Chinese businessman best known for serving as chairman of English football club West Bromwich Albion.
  • C. Xu Guangqi
    Xu Guangqi was a prominent late Ming dynasty scholar-official, scientist, and Catholic convert known for his collaboration with Matteo Ricci and his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and agricultural reform in China.
  • D. Li Dongyang
    Li Dongyang was a prominent Ming dynasty scholar-official, poet, and statesman who served in high office under multiple emperors and was renowned for his literary talent and political influence.
  • E. Bai Xianyong
    Bai Xianyong is a prominent Chinese-American writer and scholar best known for his modernist fiction and influential short story collection "Taipei People."
  • 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_69ad85d33c6c819081d5ac1df13b5680 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc05256f081908b8d6a5df917e679 completed March 8, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3bb9218448190ae432ae74c0a6916 completed March 13, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3bcba5e90819082ae70ba5c1b8ceb completed March 13, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3f5a60fa08190acbb7257b515369a completed March 13, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.