Triple

T399400
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Xuzhou E9245 entity
Predicate location P40 FINISHED
Object Xuzhou
Xuzhou is a major historic city in northern Jiangsu Province, China, known as a strategic transportation hub and former battleground in multiple Chinese conflicts.
E59803 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: Xuzhou | Statement: [Battle of Xuzhou, location, Xuzhou]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xuzhou
Context triple: [Battle of Xuzhou, location, Xuzhou]
  • A. Nanjing
    Nanjing is a major city in eastern China, historically significant as a former national capital and cultural center, and now an important political, economic, and educational hub on the Yangtze River.
  • B. Hefei
    Hefei is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province in eastern China, known as a major industrial, scientific, and educational center.
  • C. Taierzhuang
    Taierzhuang is a historic town in eastern China’s Shandong province, best known as the site of a major Chinese victory over Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • D. Suizhou
    Suizhou is a county-level city in northern Hubei Province, China, known for its historical sites and role as a regional transport and economic hub.
  • E. Xiangyang
    Xiangyang is a historic prefecture-level city in northern Hubei Province, China, known for its strategic location on the Han River and well-preserved ancient city walls.
  • 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: Xuzhou
Triple: [Battle of Xuzhou, location, Xuzhou]
Generated description
Xuzhou is a major historic city in northern Jiangsu Province, China, known as a strategic transportation hub and former battleground in multiple Chinese conflicts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xuzhou
Target entity description: Xuzhou is a major historic city in northern Jiangsu Province, China, known as a strategic transportation hub and former battleground in multiple Chinese conflicts.
  • A. Nanjing
    Nanjing is a major city in eastern China, historically significant as a former national capital and cultural center, and now an important political, economic, and educational hub on the Yangtze River.
  • B. Hefei
    Hefei is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province in eastern China, known as a major industrial, scientific, and educational center.
  • C. Taierzhuang
    Taierzhuang is a historic town in eastern China’s Shandong province, best known as the site of a major Chinese victory over Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • D. Suizhou
    Suizhou is a county-level city in northern Hubei Province, China, known for its historical sites and role as a regional transport and economic hub.
  • E. Xiangyang
    Xiangyang is a historic prefecture-level city in northern Hubei Province, China, known for its strategic location on the Han River and well-preserved ancient city walls.
  • 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_69a467f9e87481909e59ee41f558689c completed March 1, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a46a2e93f4819081b5e2e9f1beca71 completed March 1, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a46a8c557881908458fe67f319e90a completed March 1, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.