Triple

T11672894
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Huineng E277422 entity
Predicate school P27967 FINISHED
Object Southern School of Chan
The Southern School of Chan is a major lineage of Chinese Zen Buddhism, traditionally associated with the Sixth Patriarch Huineng and known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment.
E946623 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: Southern School of Chan | Statement: [Huineng, school, Southern School of Chan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern School of Chan
Context triple: [Huineng, school, Southern School of Chan]
  • A. Caodong school
    The Caodong school is a major Chinese Chan Buddhist tradition known for its emphasis on silent illumination meditation and later influence on the Japanese Sōtō Zen school.
  • B. Cheng school
    The Cheng school is a renowned stylistic tradition in Peking opera, distinguished by its unique vocal techniques, performance style, and influential lineage of performers.
  • C. Yin-Yang School
    The Yin-Yang School was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition that explained natural and social phenomena through the dynamic interplay of opposing yet complementary forces, especially yin and yang.
  • D. Tiantai school
    The Tiantai school is a major tradition of Chinese Buddhism known for its comprehensive doctrinal system centered on the Lotus Sutra and its synthesis of meditation and philosophical analysis.
  • E. Song-dynasty Chan
    Song-dynasty Chan was a mature phase of Chinese Zen Buddhism characterized by highly systematized monastic institutions, influential public-case (gong’an) literature, and the consolidation of major Chan lineages.
  • 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: Southern School of Chan
Triple: [Huineng, school, Southern School of Chan]
Generated description
The Southern School of Chan is a major lineage of Chinese Zen Buddhism, traditionally associated with the Sixth Patriarch Huineng and known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern School of Chan
Target entity description: The Southern School of Chan is a major lineage of Chinese Zen Buddhism, traditionally associated with the Sixth Patriarch Huineng and known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment.
  • A. Caodong school
    The Caodong school is a major Chinese Chan Buddhist tradition known for its emphasis on silent illumination meditation and later influence on the Japanese Sōtō Zen school.
  • B. Cheng school
    The Cheng school is a renowned stylistic tradition in Peking opera, distinguished by its unique vocal techniques, performance style, and influential lineage of performers.
  • C. Yin-Yang School
    The Yin-Yang School was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition that explained natural and social phenomena through the dynamic interplay of opposing yet complementary forces, especially yin and yang.
  • D. Tiantai school
    The Tiantai school is a major tradition of Chinese Buddhism known for its comprehensive doctrinal system centered on the Lotus Sutra and its synthesis of meditation and philosophical analysis.
  • E. Song-dynasty Chan
    Song-dynasty Chan was a mature phase of Chinese Zen Buddhism characterized by highly systematized monastic institutions, influential public-case (gong’an) literature, and the consolidation of major Chan lineages.
  • 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a443b6848190a1eb6825fbc49d08 completed April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f08fbb28548190af494ddf1a1ff986 completed April 28, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f0a7971df48190b51c1d245f4c89d2 completed April 28, 2026, 12:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f0d61cf9c4819080590fefc60f7325 completed April 28, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.