Triple

T12026478
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tao E286290 entity
Predicate hasVariantTransliteration P5923 FINISHED
Object T'ao
T'ao is an alternative transliteration of the Chinese name "Tao," commonly used in older or Wade–Giles romanization systems.
 E959795 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: T'ao | Statement: [Tao, hasVariantTransliteration, T'ao]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: T'ao
Context triple: [Tao, hasVariantTransliteration, T'ao]
  • A. Guan
    Guan is a common Chinese surname with historical roots and multiple romanized variants, including Kwan.
  • B. Huayu
    Huayu is a term used primarily in Singapore, Malaysia, and other overseas Chinese communities to refer to the standardized form of Mandarin Chinese used in education and media.
  • C. Tsien
    Tsien is a Chinese surname borne by several notable figures in science and engineering, including biophysicist Richard Tsien.
  • D. Xuan
    Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
  • E. Xuan
    Xuan is the posthumous honorific title given to the influential Cao Wei general and statesman Sima Yi, who played a key role in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
  • 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: T'ao
Triple: [Tao, hasVariantTransliteration, T'ao]
Generated description
T'ao is an alternative transliteration of the Chinese name "Tao," commonly used in older or Wade–Giles romanization systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: T'ao
Target entity description: T'ao is an alternative transliteration of the Chinese name "Tao," commonly used in older or Wade–Giles romanization systems.
  • A. Guan
    Guan is a common Chinese surname with historical roots and multiple romanized variants, including Kwan.
  • B. Huayu
    Huayu is a term used primarily in Singapore, Malaysia, and other overseas Chinese communities to refer to the standardized form of Mandarin Chinese used in education and media.
  • C. Tsien
    Tsien is a Chinese surname borne by several notable figures in science and engineering, including biophysicist Richard Tsien.
  • D. Xuan
    Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
  • E. Xuan
    Xuan is the posthumous honorific title given to the influential Cao Wei general and statesman Sima Yi, who played a key role in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
  • 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_69d6ab4669e48190b59246358b0383ab completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903f02638819091e0cc0e93fa5ea7 completed April 10, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f48b8111b88190a42a8904a2d26862 completed May 1, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f48fc7a8848190a06b34cc45db4789 completed May 1, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f495f069c48190a6e5856c272420c0 completed May 1, 2026, noon
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.