Triple
T5460187
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts |
E122575
|
entity |
| Predicate | project |
P43804
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project
The Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project is a scholarly initiative dedicated to studying, editing, and publishing some of the oldest known Buddhist texts, preserved in Gāndhārī on birch-bark scrolls.
|
E122575
|
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: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project | Statement: [Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts, project, Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project Context triple: [Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts, project, Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project]
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A.
Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts
The Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts are some of the oldest surviving Buddhist texts, written in the Gandhari language on birch bark and providing crucial evidence for early Buddhist literature and the history of the northwest Indian subcontinent.
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B.
Lontara manuscripts
Lontara manuscripts are traditional Bugis script documents from South Sulawesi that record histories, genealogies, laws, and religious and cultural knowledge.
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C.
Turfan manuscripts
The Turfan manuscripts are a significant collection of ancient Central Asian texts, preserving religious, literary, and administrative writings in multiple languages and scripts that illuminate the cultural and linguistic history of the Silk Road region.
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D.
Tripitaka
Tripitaka is the traditional Buddhist canon, comprising three collections of teachings that form the foundational scriptures of the Buddhist religion.
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E.
Chinese Buddhist Canon
The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the comprehensive collection of Buddhist scriptures translated into Chinese over many centuries, encompassing sutras, vinaya texts, and commentaries that shaped East Asian Buddhism.
- 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: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project Triple: [Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts, project, Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project]
Generated description
The Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project is a scholarly initiative dedicated to studying, editing, and publishing some of the oldest known Buddhist texts, preserved in Gāndhārī on birch-bark scrolls.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project Target entity description: The Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project is a scholarly initiative dedicated to studying, editing, and publishing some of the oldest known Buddhist texts, preserved in Gāndhārī on birch-bark scrolls.
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A.
Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts
chosen
The Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts are some of the oldest surviving Buddhist texts, written in the Gandhari language on birch bark and providing crucial evidence for early Buddhist literature and the history of the northwest Indian subcontinent.
-
B.
Lontara manuscripts
Lontara manuscripts are traditional Bugis script documents from South Sulawesi that record histories, genealogies, laws, and religious and cultural knowledge.
-
C.
Turfan manuscripts
The Turfan manuscripts are a significant collection of ancient Central Asian texts, preserving religious, literary, and administrative writings in multiple languages and scripts that illuminate the cultural and linguistic history of the Silk Road region.
-
D.
Tripitaka
Tripitaka is the traditional Buddhist canon, comprising three collections of teachings that form the foundational scriptures of the Buddhist religion.
-
E.
Chinese Buddhist Canon
The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the comprehensive collection of Buddhist scriptures translated into Chinese over many centuries, encompassing sutras, vinaya texts, and commentaries that shaped East Asian Buddhism.
- F. None of above.
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_69bd46424248819085282ddf50a565f3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd9200a3988190a06f253f99e68224 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf414c39a4819098f2862f3c4594c0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf4207f4e4819096709c49fe001005 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf42d7b4b88190954084985134a8c2 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.