Triple
T6263123
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British opium trade in China |
E140347
|
entity |
| Predicate | opposedBy |
P437
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lin Zexu |
E140349
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Lin Zexu | Statement: [British opium trade in China, opposedBy, Lin Zexu]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lin Zexu Context triple: [British opium trade in China, opposedBy, Lin Zexu]
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A.
Lin Zexu
chosen
Lin Zexu was a Qing dynasty official and scholar-statesman renowned for his staunch opposition to the opium trade and his pivotal role in events leading up to the First Opium War.
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B.
Zuo Zongtang
Zuo Zongtang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman and military leader best known for his role in modernizing China’s military and suppressing major rebellions during the Self-Strengthening Movement.
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C.
Zeng Guofan
Zeng Guofan was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, military leader, and Confucian scholar best known for organizing the Xiang Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion and for spearheading early modernization efforts in China.
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D.
Chen Xizeng
Chen Xizeng was a Chinese military officer and notable graduate of the Yunnan Military Academy who participated in early 20th-century military and political affairs in China.
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E.
Sheng Xuanhuai
Sheng Xuanhuai was a late Qing dynasty Chinese industrialist and statesman who played a key role in China's early modernization, particularly in industry, commerce, and education.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c008c95c5c819084bd3dd56133d84d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06387fec0819095b47a37b9402aa9 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c2445061a481909487fdb04c50493b |
completed | March 24, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.