Triple

T399370
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject First Sino-Japanese War E9244 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Li Hongzhang
Li Hongzhang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts and negotiations with foreign powers.
E67591 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: Li Hongzhang | Statement: [First Sino-Japanese War, commander, Li Hongzhang]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Li Hongzhang
Context triple: [First Sino-Japanese War, commander, Li Hongzhang]
  • A. Yan Xishan
    Yan Xishan was a prominent Chinese warlord and political leader who controlled Shanxi province for decades and played a significant role in Republican-era Chinese military and political affairs.
  • B. Feng Yuxiang
    Feng Yuxiang was a prominent Chinese warlord and nationalist general known for his shifting alliances, modernization efforts, and significant role in the early 20th-century Chinese military and political landscape.
  • C. Li Zongren
    Li Zongren was a prominent Chinese military commander and political leader of the early 20th century who played key roles in the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War, later briefly serving as acting president of the Republic of China.
  • D. Bai Chongxi
    Bai Chongxi was a prominent Chinese Muslim general and strategist who played a key role in the Nationalist government’s military campaigns during the early 20th century, including the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • E. Zhang Xueliang
    Zhang Xueliang was a prominent Chinese warlord and Nationalist general best known for his role in the 1936 Xi'an Incident, which forced Chiang Kai-shek to cooperate with the Chinese Communists against Japan.
  • 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: Li Hongzhang
Triple: [First Sino-Japanese War, commander, Li Hongzhang]
Generated description
Li Hongzhang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts and negotiations with foreign powers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Li Hongzhang
Target entity description: Li Hongzhang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts and negotiations with foreign powers.
  • A. Yan Xishan
    Yan Xishan was a prominent Chinese warlord and political leader who controlled Shanxi province for decades and played a significant role in Republican-era Chinese military and political affairs.
  • B. Feng Yuxiang
    Feng Yuxiang was a prominent Chinese warlord and nationalist general known for his shifting alliances, modernization efforts, and significant role in the early 20th-century Chinese military and political landscape.
  • C. Li Zongren
    Li Zongren was a prominent Chinese military commander and political leader of the early 20th century who played key roles in the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War, later briefly serving as acting president of the Republic of China.
  • D. Bai Chongxi
    Bai Chongxi was a prominent Chinese Muslim general and strategist who played a key role in the Nationalist government’s military campaigns during the early 20th century, including the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • E. Zhang Xueliang
    Zhang Xueliang was a prominent Chinese warlord and Nationalist general best known for his role in the 1936 Xi'an Incident, which forced Chiang Kai-shek to cooperate with the Chinese Communists against Japan.
  • 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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec8d0ca881909d786e8eed9b6748 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4c6698344819084b55d4a50408e5d completed March 1, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4c84803b88190b30c3ca3b56d4cf5 completed March 1, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4c8d855b8819080443e32b64e65f4 completed March 1, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.