Triple

T13341282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ningbonese E317828 entity
Predicate hasAlternativeName P39 FINISHED
Object Ningbo dialect
The Ningbo dialect is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, known for its distinct phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.
E1034592 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: Ningbo dialect | Statement: [Ningbonese, hasAlternativeName, Ningbo dialect]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ningbo dialect
Context triple: [Ningbonese, hasAlternativeName, Ningbo dialect]
  • A. Toishan dialect
    The Toishan dialect is a variety of Yue Chinese spoken in Taishan and surrounding areas of Guangdong, historically significant as the primary Chinese language of many early Cantonese-speaking immigrants overseas.
  • B. Wenzhounese
    Wenzhounese is a highly distinctive and notoriously difficult-to-understand variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around Wenzhou in southeastern Zhejiang province.
  • C. Hangzhounese
    Hangzhounese is a major regional variety of the Wu branch of Chinese spoken primarily in and around the city of Hangzhou in eastern China.
  • D. Chaoshan dialect
    The Chaoshan dialect, also known as Teochew, is a Southern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and by large overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and beyond.
  • E. Wuming dialect
    The Wuming dialect is a major variety of the Zhuang language that serves as the basis for its standardized form.
  • 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: Ningbo dialect
Triple: [Ningbonese, hasAlternativeName, Ningbo dialect]
Generated description
The Ningbo dialect is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, known for its distinct phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ningbo dialect
Target entity description: The Ningbo dialect is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, known for its distinct phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.
  • A. Toishan dialect
    The Toishan dialect is a variety of Yue Chinese spoken in Taishan and surrounding areas of Guangdong, historically significant as the primary Chinese language of many early Cantonese-speaking immigrants overseas.
  • B. Wenzhounese
    Wenzhounese is a highly distinctive and notoriously difficult-to-understand variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around Wenzhou in southeastern Zhejiang province.
  • C. Hangzhounese
    Hangzhounese is a major regional variety of the Wu branch of Chinese spoken primarily in and around the city of Hangzhou in eastern China.
  • D. Chaoshan dialect
    The Chaoshan dialect, also known as Teochew, is a Southern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and by large overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and beyond.
  • E. Wuming dialect
    The Wuming dialect is a major variety of the Zhuang language that serves as the basis for its standardized form.
  • 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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d99d0379d481909a50fff31b19fed1 completed April 11, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f71f3ecf4c8190bb9eee699859dc08 completed May 3, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f72018c4848190941732e3a938278a completed May 3, 2026, 10:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f720bf04548190833af70061b017a1 completed May 3, 2026, 10:17 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.