Triple

T11672930
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shitou Xiqian E277423 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Xiqian
Xiqian, better known as Shitou Xiqian, was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master associated with the Caodong/Sōtō lineage.
 E940254 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: Xiqian | Statement: [Shitou Xiqian, birthName, Xiqian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Xiqian
Context triple: [Shitou Xiqian, birthName, Xiqian]
  • A. Yuanshi
    Yuanshi was a Chinese imperial era name used during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty.
  • B. Qianyuan
    Qianyuan was the reign era name used by Emperor Suzong during part of the Tang dynasty in China.
  • C. Qianyuan
    Qianyuan was a historical era name used during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han dynasty in ancient China.
  • D. Zixu
    Zixu is the courtesy name of Wu Zixu, a prominent statesman and military strategist of the late Spring and Autumn period in ancient China.
  • E. Qian
    Qian is a common Chinese surname and given name whose spelling in the Latin alphabet follows the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system.
  • 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: Xiqian
Triple: [Shitou Xiqian, birthName, Xiqian]
Generated description
Xiqian, better known as Shitou Xiqian, was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master associated with the Caodong/Sōtō lineage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Xiqian
Target entity description: Xiqian, better known as Shitou Xiqian, was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master associated with the Caodong/Sōtō lineage.
  • A. Yuanshi
    Yuanshi was a Chinese imperial era name used during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty.
  • B. Qianyuan
    Qianyuan was the reign era name used by Emperor Suzong during part of the Tang dynasty in China.
  • C. Qianyuan
    Qianyuan was a historical era name used during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han dynasty in ancient China.
  • D. Zixu
    Zixu is the courtesy name of Wu Zixu, a prominent statesman and military strategist of the late Spring and Autumn period in ancient China.
  • E. Qian
    Qian is a common Chinese surname and given name whose spelling in the Latin alphabet follows the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system.
  • 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_69ef13e1b3d8819085ea806280ed69d3 completed April 27, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef3551b9a88190a9b30bcb2592628b completed April 27, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ef51c17078819083f05036f290ce09 completed April 27, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.