Triple
T6263211
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lin Zexu |
E140349
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) regarding the opium trade
The "Letter to Queen Victoria" (1839) is a famous open letter by Chinese official Lin Zexu condemning the British opium trade and appealing to the British monarch to halt the trafficking of opium into China.
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E579851
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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: Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) regarding the opium trade | Statement: [Lin Zexu, notableWork, Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) regarding the opium trade]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) regarding the opium trade Context triple: [Lin Zexu, notableWork, Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) regarding the opium trade]
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A.
British opium trade in China
The British opium trade in China was a 19th-century system of illicit narcotics commerce, largely driven by British merchants and the East India Company, that flooded China with opium, destabilized its society and economy, and ultimately provoked the Opium Wars.
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B.
British concession in Canton
The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
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C.
British Legation in Peking
The British Legation in Peking was the United Kingdom’s principal diplomatic mission in imperial and early republican China, overseeing British political and consular affairs in the country.
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D.
Lytton Commission report
The Lytton Commission report was a 1932 League of Nations investigation that condemned Japan’s actions in Manchuria and refused to recognize the puppet state of Manchukuo.
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E.
Macartney Embassy of 1793
The Macartney Embassy of 1793 was the first British diplomatic mission to China, led by Lord George Macartney to the court of the Qianlong Emperor in an unsuccessful attempt to expand trade and establish formal relations.
- 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: Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) regarding the opium trade Triple: [Lin Zexu, notableWork, Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) regarding the opium trade]
Generated description
The "Letter to Queen Victoria" (1839) is a famous open letter by Chinese official Lin Zexu condemning the British opium trade and appealing to the British monarch to halt the trafficking of opium into China.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) regarding the opium trade Target entity description: The "Letter to Queen Victoria" (1839) is a famous open letter by Chinese official Lin Zexu condemning the British opium trade and appealing to the British monarch to halt the trafficking of opium into China.
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A.
British opium trade in China
The British opium trade in China was a 19th-century system of illicit narcotics commerce, largely driven by British merchants and the East India Company, that flooded China with opium, destabilized its society and economy, and ultimately provoked the Opium Wars.
-
B.
British concession in Canton
The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
-
C.
British Legation in Peking
The British Legation in Peking was the United Kingdom’s principal diplomatic mission in imperial and early republican China, overseeing British political and consular affairs in the country.
-
D.
Lytton Commission report
The Lytton Commission report was a 1932 League of Nations investigation that condemned Japan’s actions in Manchuria and refused to recognize the puppet state of Manchukuo.
-
E.
Macartney Embassy of 1793
The Macartney Embassy of 1793 was the first British diplomatic mission to China, led by Lord George Macartney to the court of the Qianlong Emperor in an unsuccessful attempt to expand trade and establish formal relations.
- 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_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. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c2a7b1406c8190a703297cf3dbafca |
completed | March 24, 2026, 3:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c2a809cb1c81909aca6b1b70310e67 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 3:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.