Triple
T10851453
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | China Merchants Steam Navigation Company |
E256154
|
entity |
| Predicate | subordinateTo |
P258
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Beiyang Bureau
The Beiyang Bureau was a late Qing dynasty governmental agency responsible for overseeing northern China's maritime affairs, including state-sponsored shipping and naval modernization efforts.
|
E888817
|
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: Beiyang Bureau | Statement: [China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, subordinateTo, Beiyang Bureau]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beiyang Bureau Context triple: [China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, subordinateTo, Beiyang Bureau]
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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.
Beiyang Fleet
The Beiyang Fleet was the late Qing dynasty’s principal modern naval force, which suffered devastating losses to Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War, marking a turning point in East Asian naval power.
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C.
Republic of China Navy
The Republic of China Navy is Taiwan’s maritime military force, responsible for defending its territorial waters and sea lanes, particularly in the sensitive Taiwan Strait region.
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D.
Fengtian
Fengtian is the historical name of Shenyang, a major city in northeastern China that has long served as a political and economic center of the region.
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E.
Republic of China Marine Corps
The Republic of China Marine Corps is the amphibious warfare branch of Taiwan’s military, specializing in rapid deployment, coastal defense, and island-based operations.
- 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: Beiyang Bureau Triple: [China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, subordinateTo, Beiyang Bureau]
Generated description
The Beiyang Bureau was a late Qing dynasty governmental agency responsible for overseeing northern China's maritime affairs, including state-sponsored shipping and naval modernization efforts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beiyang Bureau Target entity description: The Beiyang Bureau was a late Qing dynasty governmental agency responsible for overseeing northern China's maritime affairs, including state-sponsored shipping and naval modernization efforts.
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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.
Beiyang Fleet
The Beiyang Fleet was the late Qing dynasty’s principal modern naval force, which suffered devastating losses to Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War, marking a turning point in East Asian naval power.
-
C.
Republic of China Navy
The Republic of China Navy is Taiwan’s maritime military force, responsible for defending its territorial waters and sea lanes, particularly in the sensitive Taiwan Strait region.
-
D.
Fengtian
Fengtian is the historical name of Shenyang, a major city in northeastern China that has long served as a political and economic center of the region.
-
E.
Republic of China Marine Corps
The Republic of China Marine Corps is the amphibious warfare branch of Taiwan’s military, specializing in rapid deployment, coastal defense, and island-based operations.
- 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_69d75117b76c8190b0fb216b1428c3c7 |
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.