Triple

T10509510
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sheng Xuanhuai E247873 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object China Merchants Steam Navigation Company E256154 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: China Merchants Steam Navigation Company | Statement: [Sheng Xuanhuai, founded, China Merchants Steam Navigation Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
Context triple: [Sheng Xuanhuai, founded, China Merchants Steam Navigation Company]
  • A. China Merchants Steam Navigation Company chosen
    The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was a pioneering late Qing dynasty Chinese shipping enterprise that symbolized the country's early efforts at state-led industrial and commercial modernization.
  • B. Red Star Line
    Red Star Line was a prominent Belgian-American shipping company that operated transatlantic passenger and freight services between Europe and North America from the late 19th to early 20th century.
  • C. Shanghai International Port Group
    Shanghai International Port Group is a major Chinese state-owned enterprise that operates and manages the Port of Shanghai, one of the world’s busiest container ports.
  • D. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
    The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was a major British shipping and logistics company renowned for its global passenger and cargo services, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • E. Great Western Steamship Company
    The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69d381c4aa948190942e1d803143fb0e completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d509b359ac8190b3683cc6b9c70a71 completed April 7, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d8dcee1db081908c791867e2438d30 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:27 p.m.