Triple

T4050802
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Operation Go E84179 entity
Predicate railwaySecured P52999 FINISHED
Object Hankou–Canton Railway
The Hankou–Canton Railway was a major north–south rail line in southern China that played a key strategic and economic role by linking Wuhan (Hankou) with Guangzhou (Canton).
 E411073 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: Hankou–Canton Railway | Statement: [Operation Go, railwaySecured, Hankou–Canton Railway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hankou–Canton Railway
Context triple: [Operation Go, railwaySecured, Hankou–Canton Railway]
  • A. Hankou–Danjiangkou Railway
    The Hankou–Danjiangkou Railway is a major rail line in central China connecting Wuhan’s Hankou area with Danjiangkou, supporting regional passenger and freight transport.
  • B. Beijing–Guangzhou Railway
    The Beijing–Guangzhou Railway is one of China’s longest and most important north–south trunk rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major southern metropolis of Guangzhou and serving numerous key cities along its route.
  • C. Beijing–Kowloon Railway
    The Beijing–Kowloon Railway is a major north–south trunk rail line in China connecting the capital Beijing with Hong Kong’s Kowloon, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor through multiple provinces.
  • D. Beijing–Shanghai railway
    The Beijing–Shanghai railway is one of China’s most important conventional rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major economic hub of Shanghai and serving numerous key cities along its route.
  • E. Shanghai–Kunming railway
    The Shanghai–Kunming railway is a major east–west trunk line in China that connects the coastal metropolis of Shanghai with the southwestern city of Kunming, traversing several key provinces and economic regions.
  • 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: Hankou–Canton Railway
Triple: [Operation Go, railwaySecured, Hankou–Canton Railway]
Generated description
The Hankou–Canton Railway was a major north–south rail line in southern China that played a key strategic and economic role by linking Wuhan (Hankou) with Guangzhou (Canton).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hankou–Canton Railway
Target entity description: The Hankou–Canton Railway was a major north–south rail line in southern China that played a key strategic and economic role by linking Wuhan (Hankou) with Guangzhou (Canton).
  • A. Hankou–Danjiangkou Railway
    The Hankou–Danjiangkou Railway is a major rail line in central China connecting Wuhan’s Hankou area with Danjiangkou, supporting regional passenger and freight transport.
  • B. Beijing–Guangzhou Railway
    The Beijing–Guangzhou Railway is one of China’s longest and most important north–south trunk rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major southern metropolis of Guangzhou and serving numerous key cities along its route.
  • C. Beijing–Kowloon Railway
    The Beijing–Kowloon Railway is a major north–south trunk rail line in China connecting the capital Beijing with Hong Kong’s Kowloon, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor through multiple provinces.
  • D. Beijing–Shanghai railway
    The Beijing–Shanghai railway is one of China’s most important conventional rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major economic hub of Shanghai and serving numerous key cities along its route.
  • E. Shanghai–Kunming railway
    The Shanghai–Kunming railway is a major east–west trunk line in China that connects the coastal metropolis of Shanghai with the southwestern city of Kunming, traversing several key provinces and economic regions.
  • 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_69aed930bd5c819083e7dcc14fc44f69 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af01994b0c8190b34af36acadad5c6 completed March 9, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5629e75e88190935ae3e7db8eb12f completed March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b566a133b88190bb63b914cec33217 completed March 14, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5672588f48190a3da72939032b425 completed March 14, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:37 p.m.