Triple

T10851466
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject China Merchants Steam Navigation Company E256154 entity
Predicate majorRoute P385 FINISHED
Object Shanghai–Ningbo
Shanghai–Ningbo is a key coastal shipping route in eastern China linking the major port cities of Shanghai and Ningbo across the East China Sea.
 E891190 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: Shanghai–Ningbo | Statement: [China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, majorRoute, Shanghai–Ningbo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shanghai–Ningbo
Context triple: [China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, majorRoute, Shanghai–Ningbo]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Jinqiao
    Jinqiao is a subdistrict in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area known for its residential communities and growing commercial and industrial zones.
  • D. Zhangjiagang
    Zhangjiagang is a county-level city in Jiangsu Province, China, known as a prosperous port and industrial hub along the Yangtze River.
  • E. Shaoxing
    Shaoxing is a historic city in eastern China renowned for its canals, traditional architecture, and famous rice wine.
  • 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: Shanghai–Ningbo
Triple: [China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, majorRoute, Shanghai–Ningbo]
Generated description
Shanghai–Ningbo is a key coastal shipping route in eastern China linking the major port cities of Shanghai and Ningbo across the East China Sea.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shanghai–Ningbo
Target entity description: Shanghai–Ningbo is a key coastal shipping route in eastern China linking the major port cities of Shanghai and Ningbo across the East China Sea.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Jinqiao
    Jinqiao is a subdistrict in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area known for its residential communities and growing commercial and industrial zones.
  • D. Zhangjiagang
    Zhangjiagang is a county-level city in Jiangsu Province, China, known as a prosperous port and industrial hub along the Yangtze River.
  • E. Shaoxing
    Shaoxing is a historic city in eastern China renowned for its canals, traditional architecture, and famous rice wine.
  • 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_69dff7cc0d648190afb0ce80bac7f3dc completed April 15, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e0b498df2481908c964d53b1782774 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e11e21fc2c8190878a877ecd3b465e completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:20 p.m.