Triple
T7824645
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Former Han |
E181215
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableOfficial |
P1918
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sima Qian
Sima Qian was an eminent Chinese historian of the Former Han dynasty, best known for authoring the foundational historical text "Records of the Grand Historian" (Shiji).
|
E695242
|
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: Sima Qian | Statement: [Former Han, notableOfficial, Sima Qian]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sima Qian Context triple: [Former Han, notableOfficial, Sima Qian]
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A.
Dong Zhongshu
Dong Zhongshu was a prominent Han dynasty scholar and political philosopher who systematized Confucianism into an official state ideology, deeply shaping Chinese thought and governance.
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B.
Li Si
Li Si was a powerful Chinese statesman and legalist philosopher who served as chancellor under Qin Shi Huang and played a key role in the unification and centralization of China.
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C.
Cai Chang
Cai Chang was a prominent Chinese communist revolutionary and early feminist leader who played a key role in the women’s movement in 20th-century China.
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D.
He Zizhen
He Zizhen was a Chinese revolutionary and early Communist Party member best known as one of Mao Zedong’s wives and a participant in the Long March.
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E.
Kun Huang
Kun Huang was a prominent Chinese physicist and crystallographer known for his influential work in solid-state physics and lattice dynamics.
- 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: Sima Qian Triple: [Former Han, notableOfficial, Sima Qian]
Generated description
Sima Qian was an eminent Chinese historian of the Former Han dynasty, best known for authoring the foundational historical text "Records of the Grand Historian" (Shiji).
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sima Qian Target entity description: Sima Qian was an eminent Chinese historian of the Former Han dynasty, best known for authoring the foundational historical text "Records of the Grand Historian" (Shiji).
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A.
Dong Zhongshu
Dong Zhongshu was a prominent Han dynasty scholar and political philosopher who systematized Confucianism into an official state ideology, deeply shaping Chinese thought and governance.
-
B.
Li Si
Li Si was a powerful Chinese statesman and legalist philosopher who served as chancellor under Qin Shi Huang and played a key role in the unification and centralization of China.
-
C.
Cai Chang
Cai Chang was a prominent Chinese communist revolutionary and early feminist leader who played a key role in the women’s movement in 20th-century China.
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D.
He Zizhen
He Zizhen was a Chinese revolutionary and early Communist Party member best known as one of Mao Zedong’s wives and a participant in the Long March.
-
E.
Kun Huang
Kun Huang was a prominent Chinese physicist and crystallographer known for his influential work in solid-state physics and lattice dynamics.
- 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_69ca8282ccec819083c48efb72d21cf9 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cafa0c1f5c8190b16db20daad159a1 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 10:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cb14aefd4881908ffa5825f4ba6eff |
completed | March 31, 2026, 12:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cb1734159881909590ed51e8920387 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 12:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cb1a6fc16c8190827593f58b9d742d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:42 p.m.