Triple

T10851317
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zeng Guofan E256151 entity
Predicate militaryUnitFounded P74567 FINISHED
Object Xiang Army
The Xiang Army was a powerful regional military force from Hunan that played a decisive role in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion and marked the rise of provincial armies in late Qing China.
E888810 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: Xiang Army | Statement: [Zeng Guofan, militaryUnitFounded, Xiang Army]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xiang Army
Context triple: [Zeng Guofan, militaryUnitFounded, Xiang Army]
  • A. Beiyang Army
    The Beiyang Army was a powerful, modernized military force of late Qing and early Republican China that played a decisive role in the 1911 Revolution and subsequent warlord era.
  • B. Qing army
    The Qing army was the imperial military force of China's last dynasty, tasked with defending Manchu rule until its collapse in the early 20th century.
  • C. Yunnan Army
    The Yunnan Army was a regional military force of China's Yunnan province that played a significant role in early 20th-century Chinese military and revolutionary history.
  • D. Guangxi Army
    The Guangxi Army was the regional military force controlled by the Guangxi Clique, a powerful warlord faction that dominated the Guangxi region of China during the early 20th century.
  • E. Zhili clique
    The Zhili clique was a powerful warlord faction that controlled much of northern China during the early Republic era, competing with rival cliques for dominance before being defeated by the Nationalist government.
  • 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: Xiang Army
Triple: [Zeng Guofan, militaryUnitFounded, Xiang Army]
Generated description
The Xiang Army was a powerful regional military force from Hunan that played a decisive role in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion and marked the rise of provincial armies in late Qing China.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xiang Army
Target entity description: The Xiang Army was a powerful regional military force from Hunan that played a decisive role in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion and marked the rise of provincial armies in late Qing China.
  • A. Beiyang Army
    The Beiyang Army was a powerful, modernized military force of late Qing and early Republican China that played a decisive role in the 1911 Revolution and subsequent warlord era.
  • B. Qing army
    The Qing army was the imperial military force of China's last dynasty, tasked with defending Manchu rule until its collapse in the early 20th century.
  • C. Yunnan Army
    The Yunnan Army was a regional military force of China's Yunnan province that played a significant role in early 20th-century Chinese military and revolutionary history.
  • D. Guangxi Army
    The Guangxi Army was the regional military force controlled by the Guangxi Clique, a powerful warlord faction that dominated the Guangxi region of China during the early 20th century.
  • E. Zhili clique
    The Zhili clique was a powerful warlord faction that controlled much of northern China during the early Republic era, competing with rival cliques for dominance before being defeated by the Nationalist government.
  • 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.