Triple
T10851465
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | China Merchants Steam Navigation Company |
E256154
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorRoute |
P385
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shanghai–Tianjin |
E31338
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Shanghai–Tianjin | Statement: [China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, majorRoute, Shanghai–Tianjin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shanghai–Tianjin Context triple: [China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, majorRoute, Shanghai–Tianjin]
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A.
Tianjin
chosen
Tianjin is a major port city and industrial hub in northern China, located near Beijing along the Bohai Sea.
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B.
Port of Tianjin
The Port of Tianjin is one of China’s largest and busiest seaports, serving as a major maritime gateway to Beijing and the industrial north.
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C.
Tiāntán
Tiāntán is the Chinese pinyin name for the Temple of Heaven, a historic imperial religious complex in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors performed annual ceremonies to pray for good harvests.
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D.
Ningbo-Zhoushan
Ningbo-Zhoushan is a major deep-water port complex in eastern China that ranks among the world’s busiest in cargo throughput and serves as a key maritime gateway for global trade.
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E.
Nantong
Nantong is a coastal city in eastern China known for its textile industry, river and sea ports, and location on the northern bank of the Yangtze River opposite Shanghai.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:20 p.m.