Triple

T10509511
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sheng Xuanhuai E247873 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Imperial Telegraph Administration
The Imperial Telegraph Administration was a late Qing dynasty government agency responsible for developing and managing China’s early telegraph and modern communications network.
E868035 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: Imperial Telegraph Administration | Statement: [Sheng Xuanhuai, founded, Imperial Telegraph Administration]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imperial Telegraph Administration
Context triple: [Sheng Xuanhuai, founded, Imperial Telegraph Administration]
  • A. Great Northern Telegraph Company
    The Great Northern Telegraph Company was a major 19th-century international telegraph firm that operated extensive submarine cable networks connecting Europe with Asia.
  • B. International Telephone & Telegraph
    International Telephone & Telegraph was a major 20th-century American conglomerate best known for its global telecommunications operations and later diversified industrial and technology businesses.
  • C. Department of Posts and Telegraphs
    The Department of Posts and Telegraphs was the former Irish government department responsible for national postal and telecommunications services before these functions were transferred to successor bodies such as An Post and Telecom Éireann.
  • D. Pacific Telegraph Company
    The Pacific Telegraph Company was a 19th-century American telegraph firm instrumental in establishing long-distance telegraph communication across the United States.
  • E. British Post Office
    The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
  • 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: Imperial Telegraph Administration
Triple: [Sheng Xuanhuai, founded, Imperial Telegraph Administration]
Generated description
The Imperial Telegraph Administration was a late Qing dynasty government agency responsible for developing and managing China’s early telegraph and modern communications network.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imperial Telegraph Administration
Target entity description: The Imperial Telegraph Administration was a late Qing dynasty government agency responsible for developing and managing China’s early telegraph and modern communications network.
  • A. Great Northern Telegraph Company
    The Great Northern Telegraph Company was a major 19th-century international telegraph firm that operated extensive submarine cable networks connecting Europe with Asia.
  • B. International Telephone & Telegraph
    International Telephone & Telegraph was a major 20th-century American conglomerate best known for its global telecommunications operations and later diversified industrial and technology businesses.
  • C. Department of Posts and Telegraphs
    The Department of Posts and Telegraphs was the former Irish government department responsible for national postal and telecommunications services before these functions were transferred to successor bodies such as An Post and Telecom Éireann.
  • D. Pacific Telegraph Company
    The Pacific Telegraph Company was a 19th-century American telegraph firm instrumental in establishing long-distance telegraph communication across the United States.
  • E. British Post Office
    The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d8e8ca94508190a2a6beca7f01fbd8 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d9020bce488190b78e555cdd5caec4 completed April 10, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:27 p.m.