Triple

T11770679
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zongmi E279887 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Guifeng Zongmi
Guifeng Zongmi was a prominent 9th-century Chinese Buddhist scholar-monk known for synthesizing Huayan and Chan thought and for his influential doctrinal classifications.
E964828 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: Guifeng Zongmi | Statement: [Zongmi, fullName, Guifeng Zongmi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guifeng Zongmi
Context triple: [Zongmi, fullName, Guifeng Zongmi]
  • A. Huineng
    Huineng was the influential Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, renowned for his teachings on sudden enlightenment and non-dual awareness.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Wumen Huikai
    Wumen Huikai was a 13th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master best known for compiling and commenting on the influential koan collection "The Gateless Gate."
  • 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. 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.
  • 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: Guifeng Zongmi
Triple: [Zongmi, fullName, Guifeng Zongmi]
Generated description
Guifeng Zongmi was a prominent 9th-century Chinese Buddhist scholar-monk known for synthesizing Huayan and Chan thought and for his influential doctrinal classifications.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guifeng Zongmi
Target entity description: Guifeng Zongmi was a prominent 9th-century Chinese Buddhist scholar-monk known for synthesizing Huayan and Chan thought and for his influential doctrinal classifications.
  • A. Huineng
    Huineng was the influential Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, renowned for his teachings on sudden enlightenment and non-dual awareness.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Wumen Huikai
    Wumen Huikai was a 13th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master best known for compiling and commenting on the influential koan collection "The Gateless Gate."
  • 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. 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.
  • 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_69f5f63477e08190957dd1ef709fe93b completed May 2, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f600b51f488190a85a8f10f190b3c0 completed May 2, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f601e7f3b0819098a2245b9f9316b9 completed May 2, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.