Triple

T1272757
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tonkin E15745 entity
Predicate historicalNameInVietnamese P20952 FINISHED
Object Bắc Kỳ
Bắc Kỳ is the Vietnamese historical name for the northern region of Vietnam, which was known as Tonkin during the French colonial period.
E16394 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: Bắc Kỳ | Statement: [Tonkin, historicalNameInVietnamese, Bắc Kỳ]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bắc Kỳ
Context triple: [Tonkin, historicalNameInVietnamese, Bắc Kỳ]
  • A. Yanam
    Yanam is a coastal town and district enclave of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India, historically influenced by French colonial rule and culturally linked to the Telugu-speaking region of Andhra Pradesh.
  • B. Cochinchina
    Cochinchina was the southern region of Vietnam that became a French colony and later formed part of French Indochina.
  • C. Khoai region
    The Khoai region is a distinctive laterite landscape near Santiniketan in West Bengal, India, known for its rugged red soil formations, scenic beauty, and cultural associations with Rabindranath Tagore.
  • D. Manchuria
    Manchuria is a historical region in Northeast Asia, largely corresponding to modern northeastern China, known for its strategic importance, rich natural resources, and role in Sino-Japanese conflicts of the early 20th century.
  • E. Khanbaliq
    Khanbaliq was the Yuan dynasty capital founded by Kublai Khan on the site of present-day Beijing, serving as the political and cultural center of his Mongol-ruled Chinese empire.
  • 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: Bắc Kỳ
Triple: [Tonkin, historicalNameInVietnamese, Bắc Kỳ]
Generated description
Bắc Kỳ is the Vietnamese historical name for the northern region of Vietnam, which was known as Tonkin during the French colonial period.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bắc Kỳ
Target entity description: Bắc Kỳ is the Vietnamese historical name for the northern region of Vietnam, which was known as Tonkin during the French colonial period.
  • A. Yanam
    Yanam is a coastal town and district enclave of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India, historically influenced by French colonial rule and culturally linked to the Telugu-speaking region of Andhra Pradesh.
  • B. Cochinchina chosen
    Cochinchina was the southern region of Vietnam that became a French colony and later formed part of French Indochina.
  • C. Khoai region
    The Khoai region is a distinctive laterite landscape near Santiniketan in West Bengal, India, known for its rugged red soil formations, scenic beauty, and cultural associations with Rabindranath Tagore.
  • D. Manchuria
    Manchuria is a historical region in Northeast Asia, largely corresponding to modern northeastern China, known for its strategic importance, rich natural resources, and role in Sino-Japanese conflicts of the early 20th century.
  • E. Khanbaliq
    Khanbaliq was the Yuan dynasty capital founded by Kublai Khan on the site of present-day Beijing, serving as the political and cultural center of his Mongol-ruled Chinese empire.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: historicalNameInVietnamese
Context triple: [Tonkin, historicalNameInVietnamese, Bắc Kỳ]
  • A. historicallyRecognizedAs
    Indicates that an entity has been acknowledged or designated under a particular name, status, or role during a past historical period.
  • B. hasTraditionalName
    Indicates that an entity is associated with a name traditionally used or recognized for it, often rooted in long-standing cultural or historical practice.
  • C. historicallyBorneBy
    Indicates that an entity has carried, possessed, or used another entity (such as a name, title, or symbol) at some point in the past.
  • D. historicalForm
    Indicates that one entity is an earlier or historically attested form or variant of another entity.
  • E. ancientNameOf chosen
    Indicates that one entity is the historical or ancient name by which the other entity was formerly known.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c31602b8819087a57e8d390cae7a completed March 1, 2026, 10:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac998e56488190ac3cf51563335e30 completed March 7, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac9a13e9548190ae1fbfeba3326cd5 completed March 7, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac9a96d4f081908e608a3f247bbfb2 completed March 7, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bee0be808190a8ccac6a41851fdd completed March 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.