Triple

T10851306
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zeng Guofan E256151 entity
Predicate deathPlace P21 FINISHED
Object Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty
Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty refers to the historic city of Nanjing in Jiangsu Province during the Qing dynasty period, when it served as a major political and cultural center of imperial China.
 E888809 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: Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty | Statement: [Zeng Guofan, deathPlace, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty
Context triple: [Zeng Guofan, deathPlace, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty]
  • A. Gulou District, Nanjing
    Gulou District, Nanjing is a central urban district of Nanjing, China, known for its historical sites, educational institutions, and administrative importance.
  • B. Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China
    Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China is a town in Jiangsu Province notable as the birthplace of Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of evangelist Billy Graham.
  • C. Anqing, Anhui, Qing Empire
    Anqing, Anhui, Qing Empire was a historic city in eastern China that served as an important political and cultural center during the late imperial period.
  • D. Amoy, Fujian, Qing dynasty
    Amoy, Fujian, during the Qing dynasty refers to the historical port city now known as Xiamen in southeastern China, an important center of maritime trade and foreign contact in that era.
  • E. Hejian, Zhili, Qing dynasty
    Hejian, Zhili, Qing dynasty was a county-level city in the historical Zhili Province of imperial China, located in what is now Hebei Province.
  • 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: Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty
Triple: [Zeng Guofan, deathPlace, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty]
Generated description
Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty refers to the historic city of Nanjing in Jiangsu Province during the Qing dynasty period, when it served as a major political and cultural center of imperial China.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty
Target entity description: Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty refers to the historic city of Nanjing in Jiangsu Province during the Qing dynasty period, when it served as a major political and cultural center of imperial China.
  • A. Gulou District, Nanjing
    Gulou District, Nanjing is a central urban district of Nanjing, China, known for its historical sites, educational institutions, and administrative importance.
  • B. Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China
    Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China is a town in Jiangsu Province notable as the birthplace of Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of evangelist Billy Graham.
  • C. Anqing, Anhui, Qing Empire
    Anqing, Anhui, Qing Empire was a historic city in eastern China that served as an important political and cultural center during the late imperial period.
  • D. Amoy, Fujian, Qing dynasty
    Amoy, Fujian, during the Qing dynasty refers to the historical port city now known as Xiamen in southeastern China, an important center of maritime trade and foreign contact in that era.
  • E. Hejian, Zhili, Qing dynasty
    Hejian, Zhili, Qing dynasty was a county-level city in the historical Zhili Province of imperial China, located in what is now Hebei Province.
  • 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_69d6aa81a5d08190aa86689061d1ddd2 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d75116af20819084c7f8fa88d18e61 completed April 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69deb17d978c8190883b4a56e88859de completed April 14, 2026, 9:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69deb515ab608190981689bcad4b7530 completed April 14, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69deb602fa908190bffdd291932da3f1 completed April 14, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:20 p.m.