Triple
T12789362
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin |
E305715
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858)
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858) was a pivotal unequal treaty that opened Japan to British trade and diplomatic relations during the late Tokugawa shogunate, significantly influencing Japan’s subsequent modernization and foreign policy.
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E1002757
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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: Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858) | Statement: [James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, notableWork, Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858) Context triple: [James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, notableWork, Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858)]
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A.
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan was an 1858 agreement that opened Japan to extensive American trade and diplomatic relations, marking a key step in ending Japan’s isolationist policies.
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B.
Harris Treaty of 1858
The Harris Treaty of 1858 was a landmark U.S.–Japan agreement that opened Japanese ports to American trade, granted extraterritorial rights to U.S. citizens, and marked a key step in ending Japan’s isolationist policies.
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C.
Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation
The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that sought to resolve lingering issues from the American Revolutionary War and normalize trade and diplomatic relations.
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D.
Treaty of Shimoda
The Treaty of Shimoda was an 1855 agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan that established formal diplomatic relations and defined their borders in the Kuril Islands and surrounding regions.
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E.
Burlingame Treaty
The Burlingame Treaty was an 1868 agreement between the United States and China that expanded diplomatic relations, affirmed mutual rights of travel and residence, and marked a brief period of more open and equal Sino-American engagement.
- 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: Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858) Triple: [James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, notableWork, Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858)]
Generated description
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858) was a pivotal unequal treaty that opened Japan to British trade and diplomatic relations during the late Tokugawa shogunate, significantly influencing Japan’s subsequent modernization and foreign policy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858) Target entity description: The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858) was a pivotal unequal treaty that opened Japan to British trade and diplomatic relations during the late Tokugawa shogunate, significantly influencing Japan’s subsequent modernization and foreign policy.
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A.
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan was an 1858 agreement that opened Japan to extensive American trade and diplomatic relations, marking a key step in ending Japan’s isolationist policies.
-
B.
Harris Treaty of 1858
The Harris Treaty of 1858 was a landmark U.S.–Japan agreement that opened Japanese ports to American trade, granted extraterritorial rights to U.S. citizens, and marked a key step in ending Japan’s isolationist policies.
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C.
Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation
The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that sought to resolve lingering issues from the American Revolutionary War and normalize trade and diplomatic relations.
-
D.
Treaty of Shimoda
The Treaty of Shimoda was an 1855 agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan that established formal diplomatic relations and defined their borders in the Kuril Islands and surrounding regions.
-
E.
Burlingame Treaty
The Burlingame Treaty was an 1868 agreement between the United States and China that expanded diplomatic relations, affirmed mutual rights of travel and residence, and marked a brief period of more open and equal Sino-American engagement.
- 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_69d7bdf366888190a8cccb982606889c |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96e6a61f48190972e241e70bc392c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f68508e4488190bb57a1ade93987ab |
completed | May 2, 2026, 11:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f687ae18c08190a94dca38bb69d10f |
completed | May 2, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f68884ed348190a1b2c89b1d655fa9 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 11:28 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:30 p.m.