Triple

T12162883
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Avataṃsaka Sutra E289750 entity
Predicate majorChineseTranslator P103285 FINISHED
Object Buddhabhadra
Buddhabhadra was a prominent early 5th-century Buddhist monk and translator who played a key role in bringing major Mahayana scriptures, especially the Avataṃsaka Sutra, into the Chinese canon.
E979560 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Buddhabhadra | Statement: [Avataṃsaka Sutra, majorChineseTranslator, Buddhabhadra]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddhabhadra
Context triple: [Avataṃsaka Sutra, majorChineseTranslator, Buddhabhadra]
  • A. Samantabhadra
    Samantabhadra is a major bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, especially revered in East Asia as the embodiment of Buddhist practice, vows, and meditation, often depicted riding a white elephant.
  • B. Dharmaratna
    Dharmaratna was an early Buddhist monk traditionally credited as one of the first translators who helped introduce Buddhism from India to China.
  • C. Kakusandha Buddha
    Kakusandha Buddha is regarded in Buddhist tradition as one of the past Buddhas who attained enlightenment long before Gautama Buddha and is venerated as a fully awakened teacher.
  • D. Mahāsthāmaprāpta
    Mahāsthāmaprāpta is a prominent bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, revered for embodying the power of wisdom and often depicted alongside Amitābha and Avalokiteśvara in Pure Land traditions.
  • E. Buddhapālita
    Buddhapālita was an early Indian Buddhist philosopher and commentator renowned for articulating a subtle, non-assertive interpretation of Madhyamaka thought that strongly influenced later Prāsaṅgika traditions.
  • 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: Buddhabhadra
Triple: [Avataṃsaka Sutra, majorChineseTranslator, Buddhabhadra]
Generated description
Buddhabhadra was a prominent early 5th-century Buddhist monk and translator who played a key role in bringing major Mahayana scriptures, especially the Avataṃsaka Sutra, into the Chinese canon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddhabhadra
Target entity description: Buddhabhadra was a prominent early 5th-century Buddhist monk and translator who played a key role in bringing major Mahayana scriptures, especially the Avataṃsaka Sutra, into the Chinese canon.
  • A. Samantabhadra
    Samantabhadra is a major bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, especially revered in East Asia as the embodiment of Buddhist practice, vows, and meditation, often depicted riding a white elephant.
  • B. Dharmaratna
    Dharmaratna was an early Buddhist monk traditionally credited as one of the first translators who helped introduce Buddhism from India to China.
  • C. Kakusandha Buddha
    Kakusandha Buddha is regarded in Buddhist tradition as one of the past Buddhas who attained enlightenment long before Gautama Buddha and is venerated as a fully awakened teacher.
  • D. Mahāsthāmaprāpta
    Mahāsthāmaprāpta is a prominent bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, revered for embodying the power of wisdom and often depicted alongside Amitābha and Avalokiteśvara in Pure Land traditions.
  • E. Buddhapālita
    Buddhapālita was an early Indian Buddhist philosopher and commentator renowned for articulating a subtle, non-assertive interpretation of Madhyamaka thought that strongly influenced later Prāsaṅgika traditions.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: majorChineseTranslator
Context triple: [Avataṃsaka Sutra, majorChineseTranslator, Buddhabhadra]
  • A. middleChineseReconstruction
    Indicates a relationship where a form represents the linguist’s reconstructed pronunciation of a word or morpheme in Middle Chinese.
  • B. ChineseNameTraditional
    Indicates that an entity’s name is given in traditional Chinese characters.
  • C. textTranslation
    Indicates a relationship where one text is rendered into another language or form while preserving its original meaning.
  • D. ChineseObjective
    Indicates that an entity has an objective, goal, or target specifically related to China or the Chinese context.
  • E. ChinesePinyin
    Indicates that one entity is the Chinese pinyin (romanized phonetic transcription) representation of another entity.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69d6ab4d6c00819095a9a7c35de83cfb completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915d7109481908bf5fe512bba3c89 completed April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62a84236c8190baa383c950d2bd62 completed May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62e7fc5488190a00dbc8c48db6330 completed May 2, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62ef4da588190bfe5e418b8f8bf6f completed May 2, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d9150c18148190bf8152189c0e5fca completed April 10, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69d915d58ab881908b5b7901990308a4 completed April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.