Triple

T4299091
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northern Wei dynasty E99788 entity
Predicate capital P234 FINISHED
Object Pingcheng
Pingcheng was an important ancient Chinese city that served as the early capital of the Northern Wei dynasty, located near present-day Datong in Shanxi Province.
 E429969 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: Pingcheng | Statement: [Northern Wei dynasty, capital, Pingcheng]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pingcheng
Context triple: [Northern Wei dynasty, capital, Pingcheng]
  • A. Yuncheng
    Yuncheng is a major city in southern Shanxi Province, China, known for its historical sites and role as a regional transportation and economic hub.
  • B. Jianye
    Jianye is an ancient name for the city now known as Nanjing, a historically significant capital in several Chinese dynasties.
  • C. Yulin
    Yulin is a prefecture-level city in northern China known for its coal resources and location on the Loess Plateau near the border with Inner Mongolia.
  • D. Xinjing
    Xinjing was the capital city of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China during the 1930s and early 1940s.
  • E. Jincheng
    Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shanxi Province, China, known for its coal resources and heavy industry.
  • 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: Pingcheng
Triple: [Northern Wei dynasty, capital, Pingcheng]
Generated description
Pingcheng was an important ancient Chinese city that served as the early capital of the Northern Wei dynasty, located near present-day Datong in Shanxi Province.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pingcheng
Target entity description: Pingcheng was an important ancient Chinese city that served as the early capital of the Northern Wei dynasty, located near present-day Datong in Shanxi Province.
  • A. Yuncheng
    Yuncheng is a major city in southern Shanxi Province, China, known for its historical sites and role as a regional transportation and economic hub.
  • B. Jianye
    Jianye is an ancient name for the city now known as Nanjing, a historically significant capital in several Chinese dynasties.
  • C. Yulin
    Yulin is a prefecture-level city in northern China known for its coal resources and location on the Loess Plateau near the border with Inner Mongolia.
  • D. Xinjing
    Xinjing was the capital city of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China during the 1930s and early 1940s.
  • E. Jincheng
    Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shanxi Province, China, known for its coal resources and heavy industry.
  • 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_69b345528ebc8190b5abc7e95094792d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3509d39348190aa83304661230cba completed March 12, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5c746c9108190a1a81e94b4768f3c completed March 14, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5c929aec48190bb9a00b7086afe01 completed March 14, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5c993a9388190a52e573b013dbe29 completed March 14, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:08 p.m.