Triple

T1023011
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tarim Basin E22080 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Hotan
Hotan is an oasis city in southwestern Xinjiang, China, historically known as a key Silk Road hub famed for its jade, silk, and carpets.
E128870 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: Hotan | Statement: [Tarim Basin, contains, Hotan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hotan
Context triple: [Tarim Basin, contains, Hotan]
  • A. Kashgar
    Kashgar is an ancient oasis city in western China’s Xinjiang region that long served as a key cultural and commercial crossroads between East and West.
  • B. Mengjiang
    Mengjiang was a Japanese puppet state established in Inner Mongolia during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
  • C. Xinjiang
    Xinjiang is a vast, historically Silk Road–linked region in northwestern China known for its diverse ethnic groups, strategic location, and complex cultural and political history.
  • D. Xiantao
    Xiantao is a county-level city in central China’s Hubei province, known for its location on the Jianghan Plain and its role as a regional agricultural and industrial center.
  • E. Khiva
    Khiva is an ancient oasis city in western Uzbekistan renowned for its well-preserved walled old town, Itchan Kala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 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: Hotan
Triple: [Tarim Basin, contains, Hotan]
Generated description
Hotan is an oasis city in southwestern Xinjiang, China, historically known as a key Silk Road hub famed for its jade, silk, and carpets.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hotan
Target entity description: Hotan is an oasis city in southwestern Xinjiang, China, historically known as a key Silk Road hub famed for its jade, silk, and carpets.
  • A. Kashgar
    Kashgar is an ancient oasis city in western China’s Xinjiang region that long served as a key cultural and commercial crossroads between East and West.
  • B. Mengjiang
    Mengjiang was a Japanese puppet state established in Inner Mongolia during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
  • C. Xinjiang
    Xinjiang is a vast, historically Silk Road–linked region in northwestern China known for its diverse ethnic groups, strategic location, and complex cultural and political history.
  • D. Xiantao
    Xiantao is a county-level city in central China’s Hubei province, known for its location on the Jianghan Plain and its role as a regional agricultural and industrial center.
  • E. Khiva
    Khiva is an ancient oasis city in western Uzbekistan renowned for its well-preserved walled old town, Itchan Kala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 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_69a493d6e380819097b384986ffc315c completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7e0f8908190bfe0a4cd8b31dfed completed March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac5381e020819094e02c3d20acab95 completed March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5562cfcc8190a360429aef88f159 completed March 7, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac55b9aae48190b35546b87eb82cd9 completed March 7, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.