Triple

T11831576
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mahākāśyapa E281403 entity
Predicate associatedLegend P1582 FINISHED
Object Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile
Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile is a foundational Zen Buddhist legend in which the Buddha wordlessly holds up a flower, and only Mahākāśyapa’s knowing smile signifies the direct, non-verbal transmission of enlightened insight.
E950116 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: Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile | Statement: [Mahākāśyapa, associatedLegend, Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile
Context triple: [Mahākāśyapa, associatedLegend, Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile]
  • A. The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge
    "The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge" is a chapter that explores how the Buddha’s spiritual journey and methods of inquiry resonate with and illuminate modern scientific approaches to understanding reality.
  • B. Avalokiteśvara as hearer of the world’s cries
    Avalokiteśvara as hearer of the world’s cries is a compassionate bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who attentively listens to the suffering of all beings and responds with mercy and aid.
  • C. The Buddha and His Dhamma
    The Buddha and His Dhamma is a seminal 1957 book by B. R. Ambedkar that presents a rationalist, socially engaged reinterpretation of Buddhism, especially focused on its relevance for the oppressed in modern India.
  • D. Shakyamuni Buddha as eternal Buddha revealed in the Lotus Sutra
    Shakyamuni Buddha as eternal Buddha revealed in the Lotus Sutra is the timeless, ever-present Buddha who attained enlightenment in the inconceivably remote past and continuously guides all beings, as emphasized in Nichiren Buddhism.
  • E. Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
    Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment is an influential Buddhist exegesis by the Tang dynasty scholar-monk Zongmi that synthesizes Huayan and Chan perspectives on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment.
  • 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: Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile
Triple: [Mahākāśyapa, associatedLegend, Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile]
Generated description
Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile is a foundational Zen Buddhist legend in which the Buddha wordlessly holds up a flower, and only Mahākāśyapa’s knowing smile signifies the direct, non-verbal transmission of enlightened insight.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile
Target entity description: Buddha’s flower sermon and silent smile is a foundational Zen Buddhist legend in which the Buddha wordlessly holds up a flower, and only Mahākāśyapa’s knowing smile signifies the direct, non-verbal transmission of enlightened insight.
  • A. The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge
    "The Buddha’s Quest for Knowledge" is a chapter that explores how the Buddha’s spiritual journey and methods of inquiry resonate with and illuminate modern scientific approaches to understanding reality.
  • B. Avalokiteśvara as hearer of the world’s cries
    Avalokiteśvara as hearer of the world’s cries is a compassionate bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who attentively listens to the suffering of all beings and responds with mercy and aid.
  • C. The Buddha and His Dhamma
    The Buddha and His Dhamma is a seminal 1957 book by B. R. Ambedkar that presents a rationalist, socially engaged reinterpretation of Buddhism, especially focused on its relevance for the oppressed in modern India.
  • D. Shakyamuni Buddha as eternal Buddha revealed in the Lotus Sutra
    Shakyamuni Buddha as eternal Buddha revealed in the Lotus Sutra is the timeless, ever-present Buddha who attained enlightenment in the inconceivably remote past and continuously guides all beings, as emphasized in Nichiren Buddhism.
  • E. Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
    Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment is an influential Buddhist exegesis by the Tang dynasty scholar-monk Zongmi that synthesizes Huayan and Chan perspectives on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment.
  • 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_69d6ab276f8c8190b1966a0ef11349ac completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a62c95988190a45dbaa7001c8846 completed April 10, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f16741d9a08190b6d6d5e59dfa41b8 completed April 29, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f170034b488190a6976d3333823caa completed April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f17805325881908b98eb9c8fc59778 completed April 29, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:43 p.m.