Triple

T11770693
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zongmi E279887 entity
Predicate title P38 FINISHED
Object Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school
The Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school was a leading Chinese Buddhist master who systematized Huayan doctrine and helped transmit its influential teachings on the interpenetration of all phenomena.
E960053 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: Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school | Statement: [Zongmi, title, Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school
Context triple: [Zongmi, title, Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school]
  • A. Fifth Patriarch of Chan
    The Fifth Patriarch of Chan, also known as Hongren, was a seminal early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master whose teachings helped shape the development of East Asian Zen.
  • B. Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
    The Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism is the revered title of Huineng, the influential 7th-century Chinese monk whose teachings and life story, recorded in the Platform Sutra, shaped the development of Zen across East Asia.
  • C. Third Patriarch of Chan
    The Third Patriarch of Chan is a key early figure in Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhism, traditionally regarded as a successor in the lineage that shaped the school’s foundational teachings and transmission.
  • D. Second Patriarch of Chan
    The Second Patriarch of Chan is the early Chinese Buddhist master who succeeded Bodhidharma and helped establish the foundational lineage and teachings of Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
  • E. Fourth Patriarch
    The Fourth Patriarch is the traditional title given to Daoxin, an early and influential Chan (Zen) Buddhist master in China who helped shape the development of the school.
  • 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: Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school
Triple: [Zongmi, title, Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school]
Generated description
The Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school was a leading Chinese Buddhist master who systematized Huayan doctrine and helped transmit its influential teachings on the interpenetration of all phenomena.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school
Target entity description: The Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school was a leading Chinese Buddhist master who systematized Huayan doctrine and helped transmit its influential teachings on the interpenetration of all phenomena.
  • A. Fifth Patriarch of Chan
    The Fifth Patriarch of Chan, also known as Hongren, was a seminal early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master whose teachings helped shape the development of East Asian Zen.
  • B. Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
    The Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism is the revered title of Huineng, the influential 7th-century Chinese monk whose teachings and life story, recorded in the Platform Sutra, shaped the development of Zen across East Asia.
  • C. Third Patriarch of Chan
    The Third Patriarch of Chan is a key early figure in Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhism, traditionally regarded as a successor in the lineage that shaped the school’s foundational teachings and transmission.
  • D. Second Patriarch of Chan
    The Second Patriarch of Chan is the early Chinese Buddhist master who succeeded Bodhidharma and helped establish the foundational lineage and teachings of Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
  • E. Fourth Patriarch
    The Fourth Patriarch is the traditional title given to Daoxin, an early and influential Chan (Zen) Buddhist master in China who helped shape the development of the school.
  • 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_69f48a1d244c81908628b01afe467023 completed May 1, 2026, 11:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f48fc3baac8190af87b55164f00b26 completed May 1, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f495ab52788190a886f7014267f8e2 completed May 1, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.