Triple

T547545
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Indian Ocean trade network E12764 entity
Predicate majorPort P528 FINISHED
Object Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a historic coastal city in southeastern China that flourished as one of the world’s busiest maritime trade hubs, especially during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
 E97206 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: Quanzhou | Statement: [Indian Ocean trade network, majorPort, Quanzhou]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Quanzhou
Context triple: [Indian Ocean trade network, majorPort, Quanzhou]
  • A. Xiantao
    Xiantao is a county-level city in central China’s Hubei province, known for its location on the Jianghan Plain and its role as a regional agricultural and industrial center.
  • B. Guangzhou
    Guangzhou is a major port city in southern China and the capital of Guangdong Province, known as a key commercial and manufacturing hub in the Pearl River Delta.
  • C. Hangzhou
    Hangzhou is a major city in eastern China renowned for its historic West Lake, rich cultural heritage, and role as a key economic and technological hub in the Yangtze River Delta region.
  • D. Shanghai
    Shanghai is a major global financial hub and China’s largest city, known for its modern skyline, historic waterfront, and role as a center of international business and trade.
  • E. Changzhou
    Changzhou is a major industrial and commercial city in Jiangsu Province, eastern China, known for its manufacturing base and location along the Yangtze River.
  • 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: Quanzhou
Triple: [Indian Ocean trade network, majorPort, Quanzhou]
Generated description
Quanzhou is a historic coastal city in southeastern China that flourished as one of the world’s busiest maritime trade hubs, especially during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Quanzhou
Target entity description: Quanzhou is a historic coastal city in southeastern China that flourished as one of the world’s busiest maritime trade hubs, especially during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
  • A. Xiantao
    Xiantao is a county-level city in central China’s Hubei province, known for its location on the Jianghan Plain and its role as a regional agricultural and industrial center.
  • B. Guangzhou
    Guangzhou is a major port city in southern China and the capital of Guangdong Province, known as a key commercial and manufacturing hub in the Pearl River Delta.
  • C. Hangzhou
    Hangzhou is a major city in eastern China renowned for its historic West Lake, rich cultural heritage, and role as a key economic and technological hub in the Yangtze River Delta region.
  • D. Shanghai
    Shanghai is a major global financial hub and China’s largest city, known for its modern skyline, historic waterfront, and role as a center of international business and trade.
  • E. Changzhou
    Changzhou is a major industrial and commercial city in Jiangsu Province, eastern China, known for its manufacturing base and location along the Yangtze River.
  • 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a498e2e8c88190a66d759ed3094e18 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a76d6571588190b1f328e7b10b627c completed March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a78ce2d3608190af4f38768b6ef95e completed March 4, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a78d84ccd08190aaa86a0adbd993a0 completed March 4, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.