Triple

T12905422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject We Didn't Start the Fire E308717 entity
Predicate mentions P831 FINISHED
Object Red China
Red China is a Cold War–era term commonly used in the West to refer to the communist government and territory of the People's Republic of China, especially under Mao Zedong.
E1008896 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: Red China | Statement: [We Didn't Start the Fire, mentions, Red China]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red China
Context triple: [We Didn't Start the Fire, mentions, Red China]
  • A. China's Sorrow
    China's Sorrow is a grim nickname for the Yellow River, reflecting its long history of catastrophic floods and devastation in China.
  • B. In China (book)
    "In China" is a photographic book by renowned Magnum photographer Eve Arnold that documents her extensive travels and visual observations across China.
  • C. Red Dust: A Path Through China
    Red Dust: A Path Through China is a travel memoir in which Ma Jian recounts his transformative journey across China in the 1980s, offering a candid, often critical portrait of the country’s landscapes, people, and political realities.
  • D. Death by China
    "Death by China" is a controversial non-fiction book and documentary that argues China's trade practices and economic policies pose a serious threat to the U.S. economy and global stability.
  • E. Trouble in China
    Trouble in China is a non-fiction work by Canadian broadcaster and journalist Gordon Sinclair that examines political and social conditions in China.
  • 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: Red China
Triple: [We Didn't Start the Fire, mentions, Red China]
Generated description
Red China is a Cold War–era term commonly used in the West to refer to the communist government and territory of the People's Republic of China, especially under Mao Zedong.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red China
Target entity description: Red China is a Cold War–era term commonly used in the West to refer to the communist government and territory of the People's Republic of China, especially under Mao Zedong.
  • A. China's Sorrow
    China's Sorrow is a grim nickname for the Yellow River, reflecting its long history of catastrophic floods and devastation in China.
  • B. In China (book)
    "In China" is a photographic book by renowned Magnum photographer Eve Arnold that documents her extensive travels and visual observations across China.
  • C. Red Dust: A Path Through China
    Red Dust: A Path Through China is a travel memoir in which Ma Jian recounts his transformative journey across China in the 1980s, offering a candid, often critical portrait of the country’s landscapes, people, and political realities.
  • D. Death by China
    "Death by China" is a controversial non-fiction book and documentary that argues China's trade practices and economic policies pose a serious threat to the U.S. economy and global stability.
  • E. Trouble in China
    Trouble in China is a non-fiction work by Canadian broadcaster and journalist Gordon Sinclair that examines political and social conditions in China.
  • 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_69d7bdf92b588190acdf2a2291ac4590 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d971831bd48190b0ecd13e7181bbc6 completed April 10, 2026, 9:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6a565ce508190a73f33708e61dc7d completed May 3, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6a6c63eac81908c025af76b2ea656 completed May 3, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6a77ba20081908f72f46f64382fca completed May 3, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:41 p.m.