Triple
T12719973
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph Hardy Neesima |
E303947
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jo Niijima
Jo Niijima, better known as Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a pioneering Japanese Christian educator and founder of Doshisha University who played a key role in introducing Western learning and Christianity to Japan in the Meiji era.
|
E1000099
|
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: Jo Niijima | Statement: [Joseph Hardy Neesima, alsoKnownAs, Jo Niijima]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jo Niijima Context triple: [Joseph Hardy Neesima, alsoKnownAs, Jo Niijima]
-
A.
Kentaro Randa
Kentaro Randa is a character in the MonsterVerse franchise who works as a specialist for the secretive organization Monarch, which studies and monitors giant monsters known as Titans.
-
B.
Toru Watanabe
Toru Watanabe is the introspective university student protagonist of Haruki Murakami’s novel "Norwegian Wood," whose coming-of-age story explores love, loss, and emotional turmoil in 1960s Tokyo.
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C.
Jin Akanishi
Jin Akanishi is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a former member of the boy band KAT-TUN and for his subsequent solo music and film career.
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D.
Mako Iwamatsu
Mako Iwamatsu was a Japanese-American actor and voice actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and roles in films like "The Sand Pebbles" and "Conan the Barbarian," as well as for voicing Iroh in "Avatar: The Last Airbender."
-
E.
Yuya Nakamura
Yuya Nakamura is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Nakamura, likely in fields such as sports, entertainment, or the arts.
- 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: Jo Niijima Triple: [Joseph Hardy Neesima, alsoKnownAs, Jo Niijima]
Generated description
Jo Niijima, better known as Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a pioneering Japanese Christian educator and founder of Doshisha University who played a key role in introducing Western learning and Christianity to Japan in the Meiji era.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jo Niijima Target entity description: Jo Niijima, better known as Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a pioneering Japanese Christian educator and founder of Doshisha University who played a key role in introducing Western learning and Christianity to Japan in the Meiji era.
-
A.
Kentaro Randa
Kentaro Randa is a character in the MonsterVerse franchise who works as a specialist for the secretive organization Monarch, which studies and monitors giant monsters known as Titans.
-
B.
Toru Watanabe
Toru Watanabe is the introspective university student protagonist of Haruki Murakami’s novel "Norwegian Wood," whose coming-of-age story explores love, loss, and emotional turmoil in 1960s Tokyo.
-
C.
Jin Akanishi
Jin Akanishi is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a former member of the boy band KAT-TUN and for his subsequent solo music and film career.
-
D.
Mako Iwamatsu
Mako Iwamatsu was a Japanese-American actor and voice actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and roles in films like "The Sand Pebbles" and "Conan the Barbarian," as well as for voicing Iroh in "Avatar: The Last Airbender."
-
E.
Yuya Nakamura
Yuya Nakamura is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Nakamura, likely in fields such as sports, entertainment, or the arts.
- 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_69d7bdf084148190ab9d513dc0735af4 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96411d87481909127e81755f23964 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f67c8250108190bb7b3c93e590ea47 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 10:36 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f67db4dd2081909a238e368645e899 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 10:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f67ec570a881909c98471b701999f0 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:24 p.m.