Triple
T9675187
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Republican era of China |
E234128
|
entity |
| Predicate | containsWarlordClique |
P25766
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Yunnan clique
The Yunnan clique was a powerful regional warlord faction based in Yunnan Province that played a significant military and political role in southwestern China during the early Republican era.
|
E101964
|
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: Yunnan clique | Statement: [Republican era of China, containsWarlordClique, Yunnan clique]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yunnan clique Context triple: [Republican era of China, containsWarlordClique, Yunnan clique]
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A.
Zhili clique
The Zhili clique was a powerful warlord faction that controlled much of northern China during the early Republic era, competing with rival cliques for dominance before being defeated by the Nationalist government.
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B.
Guangxi Clique
The Guangxi Clique was a powerful regional warlord faction in early 20th-century China that controlled Guangxi province and played a major role in the internal power struggles of the Republic of China.
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C.
Fengtian clique
The Fengtian clique was a powerful warlord faction based in Manchuria that played a major role in Chinese politics during the Warlord Era in the early 20th century.
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D.
Anhui clique
The Anhui clique was a powerful Chinese warlord faction led by Duan Qirui that dominated Beijing politics in the early Republic of China before being defeated in the Zhili–Anhui War of 1920.
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E.
Yunnan Army
The Yunnan Army was a regional military force of China's Yunnan province that played a significant role in early 20th-century Chinese military and revolutionary history.
- 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: Yunnan clique Triple: [Republican era of China, containsWarlordClique, Yunnan clique]
Generated description
The Yunnan clique was a powerful regional warlord faction based in Yunnan Province that played a significant military and political role in southwestern China during the early Republican era.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yunnan clique Target entity description: The Yunnan clique was a powerful regional warlord faction based in Yunnan Province that played a significant military and political role in southwestern China during the early Republican era.
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A.
Zhili clique
The Zhili clique was a powerful warlord faction that controlled much of northern China during the early Republic era, competing with rival cliques for dominance before being defeated by the Nationalist government.
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B.
Guangxi Clique
The Guangxi Clique was a powerful regional warlord faction in early 20th-century China that controlled Guangxi province and played a major role in the internal power struggles of the Republic of China.
-
C.
Fengtian clique
The Fengtian clique was a powerful warlord faction based in Manchuria that played a major role in Chinese politics during the Warlord Era in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Anhui clique
The Anhui clique was a powerful Chinese warlord faction led by Duan Qirui that dominated Beijing politics in the early Republic of China before being defeated in the Zhili–Anhui War of 1920.
-
E.
Yunnan Army
chosen
The Yunnan Army was a regional military force of China's Yunnan province that played a significant role in early 20th-century Chinese military and revolutionary history.
- F. None of above.
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_69ca848f55e48190b3f67252571c3d45 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9c6d6dd48190a77c486337a58cb6 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1bcb78e4c8190aaa55de453789168 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:36 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1bd42e3888190b13970710a9620d7 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1bdd5ec94819083edd1cb2c9598a0 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:15 p.m.