Triple

T11673001
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Linji Yixuan E277424 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Lin-chi I-hsüan
Lin-chi I-hsüan was a seminal 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master and founder of the Linji school, renowned for his abrupt, iconoclastic teaching style using shouts and blows to provoke enlightenment.
E951816 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: Lin-chi I-hsüan | Statement: [Linji Yixuan, alsoKnownAs, Lin-chi I-hsüan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lin-chi I-hsüan
Context triple: [Linji Yixuan, alsoKnownAs, Lin-chi I-hsüan]
  • A. Shenxiu
    Shenxiu was a prominent early Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the 7th century, known as a leading figure of the so-called Northern School and a key rival to Huineng in later Chan tradition.
  • B. Huineng
    Huineng was the influential Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, renowned for his teachings on sudden enlightenment and non-dual awareness.
  • C. Ma Lin
    Ma Lin is a retired Chinese table tennis player renowned for his Olympic gold medals and exceptional skill in doubles and penhold play.
  • D. Dahui Zonggao
    Dahui Zonggao was a prominent 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Linji school, best known for popularizing the practice of kanhua meditation focused on critical phrases (hua tou) from koans.
  • E. Zentsuji
    Zentsuji is a historic city in Japan known as the birthplace of the Buddhist monk Kūkai and home to the famous Zentsū-ji Temple, one of the 88 temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
  • 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: Lin-chi I-hsüan
Triple: [Linji Yixuan, alsoKnownAs, Lin-chi I-hsüan]
Generated description
Lin-chi I-hsüan was a seminal 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master and founder of the Linji school, renowned for his abrupt, iconoclastic teaching style using shouts and blows to provoke enlightenment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lin-chi I-hsüan
Target entity description: Lin-chi I-hsüan was a seminal 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master and founder of the Linji school, renowned for his abrupt, iconoclastic teaching style using shouts and blows to provoke enlightenment.
  • A. Shenxiu
    Shenxiu was a prominent early Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the 7th century, known as a leading figure of the so-called Northern School and a key rival to Huineng in later Chan tradition.
  • B. Huineng
    Huineng was the influential Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, renowned for his teachings on sudden enlightenment and non-dual awareness.
  • C. Ma Lin
    Ma Lin is a retired Chinese table tennis player renowned for his Olympic gold medals and exceptional skill in doubles and penhold play.
  • D. Dahui Zonggao
    Dahui Zonggao was a prominent 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Linji school, best known for popularizing the practice of kanhua meditation focused on critical phrases (hua tou) from koans.
  • E. Zentsuji
    Zentsuji is a historic city in Japan known as the birthplace of the Buddhist monk Kūkai and home to the famous Zentsū-ji Temple, one of the 88 temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
  • 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_69f280acab488190b1a912dc0e82bc44 completed April 29, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f2b8b73f28819089ac252f7f823efb completed April 30, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f2c4120f448190ac0ac944e77cb20e completed April 30, 2026, 2:53 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.