Triple

T1007409
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confucianism E21744 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Chinese imperial examination system
The Chinese imperial examination system was a centuries-long civil service recruitment method that selected government officials primarily through rigorous literary and philosophical tests rooted in Confucian classics.
E118150 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: Chinese imperial examination system | Statement: [Confucianism, influenced, Chinese imperial examination system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese imperial examination system
Context triple: [Confucianism, influenced, Chinese imperial examination system]
  • A. Imperial China
    Imperial China refers to the long historical period of Chinese civilization ruled by successive dynasties, characterized by centralized imperial authority, Confucian bureaucracy, and rich cultural, technological, and artistic achievements.
  • B. Jōgan era reforms
    The Jōgan era reforms were a set of late 9th-century Heian-period governmental and fiscal measures aimed at curbing aristocratic abuses, strengthening central authority, and restoring effective imperial administration.
  • C. Self-Strengthening Movement
    The Self-Strengthening Movement was a late 19th-century reform effort in Qing China that sought to modernize the military, industry, and education by selectively adopting Western technology and practices while preserving traditional Confucian institutions.
  • D. Qing dynasty
    The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 and overseeing a vast multiethnic empire before its collapse led to the founding of the Republic of China.
  • E. Imperial Ordinances of Japan
    The Imperial Ordinances of Japan were executive decrees issued by the Emperor that functioned as a key legal instrument of governance, including for colonial administrations such as the Governor-General of Korea.
  • 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: Chinese imperial examination system
Triple: [Confucianism, influenced, Chinese imperial examination system]
Generated description
The Chinese imperial examination system was a centuries-long civil service recruitment method that selected government officials primarily through rigorous literary and philosophical tests rooted in Confucian classics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese imperial examination system
Target entity description: The Chinese imperial examination system was a centuries-long civil service recruitment method that selected government officials primarily through rigorous literary and philosophical tests rooted in Confucian classics.
  • A. Imperial China
    Imperial China refers to the long historical period of Chinese civilization ruled by successive dynasties, characterized by centralized imperial authority, Confucian bureaucracy, and rich cultural, technological, and artistic achievements.
  • B. Jōgan era reforms
    The Jōgan era reforms were a set of late 9th-century Heian-period governmental and fiscal measures aimed at curbing aristocratic abuses, strengthening central authority, and restoring effective imperial administration.
  • C. Self-Strengthening Movement
    The Self-Strengthening Movement was a late 19th-century reform effort in Qing China that sought to modernize the military, industry, and education by selectively adopting Western technology and practices while preserving traditional Confucian institutions.
  • D. Qing dynasty
    The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 and overseeing a vast multiethnic empire before its collapse led to the founding of the Republic of China.
  • E. Imperial Ordinances of Japan
    The Imperial Ordinances of Japan were executive decrees issued by the Emperor that functioned as a key legal instrument of governance, including for colonial administrations such as the Governor-General of Korea.
  • 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_69a493c53e648190ae8cb76c433fd9a7 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7570b388190ada9693935792a58 completed March 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac2a21034081908ce6eb7d9827aba2 completed March 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac2a6dedb88190b2943c056d99e02f completed March 7, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac2ae2a5748190ba518f29d7564822 completed March 7, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.