Triple

T11770637
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shenxiu E279886 entity
Predicate movement P81 FINISHED
Object Northern School of Chan
The Northern School of Chan was an early Chinese Zen Buddhist tradition associated with gradual enlightenment teachings and the influential 7th-century monk Shenxiu.
E951343 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: Northern School of Chan | Statement: [Shenxiu, movement, Northern School of Chan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern School of Chan
Context triple: [Shenxiu, movement, Northern School of Chan]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Yunmen school
    The Yunmen school is a major Chan (Zen) Buddhist lineage known for its concise, paradoxical teachings and influential role in the development of Chinese and East Asian Zen.
  • 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: Northern School of Chan
Triple: [Shenxiu, movement, Northern School of Chan]
Generated description
The Northern School of Chan was an early Chinese Zen Buddhist tradition associated with gradual enlightenment teachings and the influential 7th-century monk Shenxiu.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern School of Chan
Target entity description: The Northern School of Chan was an early Chinese Zen Buddhist tradition associated with gradual enlightenment teachings and the influential 7th-century monk Shenxiu.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Yunmen school
    The Yunmen school is a major Chan (Zen) Buddhist lineage known for its concise, paradoxical teachings and influential role in the development of Chinese and East Asian Zen.
  • 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_69d6ab01d2688190ad8ed6bda487eaa5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a55c9f988190b203b66a28c767ae completed April 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f280e9e20081909ccb09a2144a68b4 completed April 29, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f28a8e64ac8190ba7637fd00e024bd completed April 29, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f28d4e341c8190abc8febc3b26a617 completed April 29, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.