Triple
T74687
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | French Indochina |
E1494
|
entity |
| Predicate | containsTerritory |
P285
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tonkin
Tonkin was a historical region in northern Vietnam, centered around Hanoi, that became a French protectorate and key part of colonial French Indochina.
|
E15745
|
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: Tonkin | Statement: [French Indochina, containsTerritory, Tonkin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonkin Context triple: [French Indochina, containsTerritory, Tonkin]
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A.
French Indochina
French Indochina was a French colonial federation in Southeast Asia, comprising territories such as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, that existed from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
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B.
Viet Nam
Viet Nam is a Southeast Asian nation known for its rapid economic growth, rich cultural heritage, and strategic role in regional and global trade.
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C.
Laos
Laos is a landlocked Southeast Asian country known for its mountainous terrain, Buddhist culture, and status as one of the region’s least developed but rapidly reforming economies.
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D.
Xuan Thuy
Xuan Thuy was a North Vietnamese diplomat and politician best known as Hanoi’s chief negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks during the Vietnam War.
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E.
Saigon
Saigon, now officially known as Ho Chi Minh City, is Vietnam’s largest city and a historic economic and cultural hub in the south of the country.
- 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: Tonkin Triple: [French Indochina, containsTerritory, Tonkin]
Generated description
Tonkin was a historical region in northern Vietnam, centered around Hanoi, that became a French protectorate and key part of colonial French Indochina.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonkin Target entity description: Tonkin was a historical region in northern Vietnam, centered around Hanoi, that became a French protectorate and key part of colonial French Indochina.
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A.
French Indochina
French Indochina was a French colonial federation in Southeast Asia, comprising territories such as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, that existed from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Viet Nam
Viet Nam is a Southeast Asian nation known for its rapid economic growth, rich cultural heritage, and strategic role in regional and global trade.
-
C.
Laos
Laos is a landlocked Southeast Asian country known for its mountainous terrain, Buddhist culture, and status as one of the region’s least developed but rapidly reforming economies.
-
D.
Xuan Thuy
Xuan Thuy was a North Vietnamese diplomat and politician best known as Hanoi’s chief negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks during the Vietnam War.
-
E.
Saigon
Saigon, now officially known as Ho Chi Minh City, is Vietnam’s largest city and a historic economic and cultural hub in the south of the country.
- 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2567b592c8190aaf692a18fcd2f1b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2b014ab2c8190bcef8382280932dc |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2b0bd233c81908f3595abdfa51666 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2b122a168819088be9e5455a1aac1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:10 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.