Triple

T1023158
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aurel Stein E22082 entity
Predicate conductedExpeditionIn P1562 FINISHED
Object Chinese Turkestan E22779 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 Turkestan | Statement: [Aurel Stein, conductedExpeditionIn, Chinese Turkestan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese Turkestan
Context triple: [Aurel Stein, conductedExpeditionIn, Chinese Turkestan]
  • A. Kokand Khanate
    The Kokand Khanate was an 18th–19th century Uzbek-ruled state in the Fergana Valley that became a major political and commercial center in Central Asia before its conquest by the Russian Empire.
  • B. Xinjiang chosen
    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.
  • C. Chagatai Khanate
    The Chagatai Khanate was a Mongol and later Turkic-ruled khanate in Central Asia, formed from the lands of Genghis Khan’s son Chagatai and serving as a key successor state of the Mongol Empire.
  • D. Manchuria
    Manchuria is a historical region in Northeast Asia, largely corresponding to modern northeastern China, known for its strategic importance, rich natural resources, and role in Sino-Japanese conflicts of the early 20th century.
  • E. Hopei–Chahar region
    The Hopei–Chahar region was a historically significant area in northern China encompassing parts of modern Hebei and Inner Mongolia that became a focal point of Japanese military and political control in the 1930s.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: conductedExpeditionIn
Context triple: [Aurel Stein, conductedExpeditionIn, Chinese Turkestan]
  • A. hasNotableExpedition
    Indicates that an entity is associated with a significant or noteworthy expedition, journey, or exploratory mission.
  • B. expeditionEndYear
    Indicates the calendar year in which an expedition or journey was completed or officially ended.
  • C. explores
    Indicates actively investigating, traveling through, or examining something in order to discover or learn more about it.
  • D. explored chosen
    Indicates that an entity has traveled through, examined, or investigated another entity or area, typically to discover or learn more about it.
  • E. potentialForHumanExploration
    Indicates the extent to which a location, object, or environment is suitable or promising for future human exploration activities.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69ac3bb83118819098a2b283a1cbf8d6 completed March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4b72619cc8190932fdfa0c74dc055 completed March 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.