Triple
T780125
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Walter Brattain |
E16476
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Xiamen, China |
E100120
|
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: Xiamen, China | Statement: [Walter Brattain, placeOfBirth, Xiamen, China]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xiamen, China Context triple: [Walter Brattain, placeOfBirth, Xiamen, China]
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A.
Xiamen
chosen
Xiamen is a major coastal city in southeastern China known for its port, tourism, and historic role as one of the country’s earliest Special Economic Zones.
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B.
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.
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C.
Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen, China is a major southern Chinese metropolis known for its rapid transformation into a global technology and manufacturing hub bordering Hong Kong.
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D.
X’ian, China
Xi’an is a major historic city in central China, best known as the ancient capital of several dynasties and home to the famed Terracotta Army.
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E.
Kunming, China
Kunming, China is a major city in southwest China that served as a key World War II air base and supply hub, notably for the American Volunteer Group known as the Flying Tigers.
- 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_69a4936ad1fc81908f190208059ccf78 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a750c6708190a3f2c3abf16b4ea4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7a3afbb0c8190b4e7aa7824c8b787 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.