Triple
T8594021
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Beiyang Army |
E203498
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Zhang Xun
Zhang Xun was a Qing-loyalist Chinese general best known for leading a failed attempt to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi to the throne in 1917.
|
E754257
|
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: Zhang Xun | Statement: [Beiyang Army, commander, Zhang Xun]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhang Xun Context triple: [Beiyang Army, commander, Zhang Xun]
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A.
Li Yuanhong
Li Yuanhong was a Chinese military leader and politician who became a key figure in the 1911 Revolution and later served as president of the Republic of China.
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B.
Feng Guozhang
Feng Guozhang was a prominent early Republican Chinese military and political leader, associated with the Beiyang clique and known for briefly serving as President of the Republic of China.
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C.
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai was a powerful late Qing and early Republican Chinese military and political leader who became the first president of the Republic of China and briefly declared himself emperor.
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D.
Cao Kun
Cao Kun was a prominent Chinese warlord and politician of the early Republic era who became president of the Beiyang government after consolidating power within the Beiyang Army.
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E.
Ma Bufang
Ma Bufang was a prominent Chinese Muslim warlord and Kuomintang general who controlled Qinghai province during the Republican era and played a key role in northwest China’s military and political affairs.
- 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: Zhang Xun Triple: [Beiyang Army, commander, Zhang Xun]
Generated description
Zhang Xun was a Qing-loyalist Chinese general best known for leading a failed attempt to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi to the throne in 1917.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhang Xun Target entity description: Zhang Xun was a Qing-loyalist Chinese general best known for leading a failed attempt to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi to the throne in 1917.
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A.
Li Yuanhong
Li Yuanhong was a Chinese military leader and politician who became a key figure in the 1911 Revolution and later served as president of the Republic of China.
-
B.
Feng Guozhang
Feng Guozhang was a prominent early Republican Chinese military and political leader, associated with the Beiyang clique and known for briefly serving as President of the Republic of China.
-
C.
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai was a powerful late Qing and early Republican Chinese military and political leader who became the first president of the Republic of China and briefly declared himself emperor.
-
D.
Cao Kun
Cao Kun was a prominent Chinese warlord and politician of the early Republic era who became president of the Beiyang government after consolidating power within the Beiyang Army.
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E.
Ma Bufang
Ma Bufang was a prominent Chinese Muslim warlord and Kuomintang general who controlled Qinghai province during the Republican era and played a key role in northwest China’s military and political affairs.
- 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_69ca832a7f108190b4e4f5648abf4aa2 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc46c5e8888190b721e791c449b0df |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf425243d8819084af0a789c73ea7c |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf43bd0f8c8190be2f7dc86f1e76e1 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf444c9cb08190a37f34faa4a3458d |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:23 p.m.