Triple

T696950
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Great Wall of China E13913 entity
Predicate designedToDefendAgainst P8412 FINISHED
Object Xiongnu
The Xiongnu were a powerful confederation of nomadic tribes from the eastern Eurasian Steppe who frequently clashed with ancient China and influenced the region’s military and political history.
E85577 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: Xiongnu | Statement: [Great Wall of China, designedToDefendAgainst, Xiongnu]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xiongnu
Context triple: [Great Wall of China, designedToDefendAgainst, Xiongnu]
  • A. Mongol
    The Mongols were a Central and Northeast Asian nomadic people who, under leaders like Genghis Khan, created one of the largest contiguous empires in history and profoundly influenced Eurasian politics, culture, and trade.
  • B. Cumans
    The Cumans were a nomadic Turkic people of the Eurasian steppe who played a significant role in medieval Eastern European politics and warfare before being largely displaced or assimilated following the Mongol expansion.
  • C. Luo people
    The Luo people are a Nilotic ethnic group of East Africa, primarily found in western Kenya and northern Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, fishing culture, and significant influence in regional politics and society.
  • D. Nogai Horde
    The Nogai Horde was a confederation of Turkic-Mongol nomadic tribes that dominated the steppe north of the Black and Caspian Seas from the late Middle Ages into the early modern period.
  • E. Bastarnae
    The Bastarnae were an ancient tribal group of mixed Celtic and Germanic (and possibly Sarmatian) origin that inhabited regions north of the Danube and frequently clashed with the Roman Empire.
  • 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: Xiongnu
Triple: [Great Wall of China, designedToDefendAgainst, Xiongnu]
Generated description
The Xiongnu were a powerful confederation of nomadic tribes from the eastern Eurasian Steppe who frequently clashed with ancient China and influenced the region’s military and political history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xiongnu
Target entity description: The Xiongnu were a powerful confederation of nomadic tribes from the eastern Eurasian Steppe who frequently clashed with ancient China and influenced the region’s military and political history.
  • A. Mongol
    The Mongols were a Central and Northeast Asian nomadic people who, under leaders like Genghis Khan, created one of the largest contiguous empires in history and profoundly influenced Eurasian politics, culture, and trade.
  • B. Cumans
    The Cumans were a nomadic Turkic people of the Eurasian steppe who played a significant role in medieval Eastern European politics and warfare before being largely displaced or assimilated following the Mongol expansion.
  • C. Luo people
    The Luo people are a Nilotic ethnic group of East Africa, primarily found in western Kenya and northern Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, fishing culture, and significant influence in regional politics and society.
  • D. Nogai Horde
    The Nogai Horde was a confederation of Turkic-Mongol nomadic tribes that dominated the steppe north of the Black and Caspian Seas from the late Middle Ages into the early modern period.
  • E. Bastarnae
    The Bastarnae were an ancient tribal group of mixed Celtic and Germanic (and possibly Sarmatian) origin that inhabited regions north of the Danube and frequently clashed with the Roman Empire.
  • 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_69a493406c408190957eeec9048a8fb6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a52fdb888190ad0e48fb3cf4dc3d completed March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5dca9aa9c8190a113e782988aa7f8 completed March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5e70510908190bcbd1c46629d05f5 completed March 2, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a60989aac08190a324c8d9889086f5 completed March 2, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.