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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.