Triple

T13518306
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bille August E322824 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Chinese Widow
The Chinese Widow is a 2017 war drama film directed by Danish filmmaker Bille August that portrays a poignant love story between a downed American pilot and a young Chinese widow during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
 E1045399 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: The Chinese Widow | Statement: [Bille August, notableWork, The Chinese Widow]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Chinese Widow
Context triple: [Bille August, notableWork, The Chinese Widow]
  • 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. Curse of the Golden Flower
    Curse of the Golden Flower is a lavish 2006 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, known for its opulent visuals, intricate palace intrigue, and tragic royal family power struggle during the Tang Dynasty.
  • C. The Flower of Shanghai
    The Flower of Shanghai is a popular nickname for Shanghai Shenhua F.C., one of China's most historic and passionately supported professional football clubs.
  • D. Empress of Heaven
    Empress of Heaven is a divine title for Mazu, the revered Chinese sea goddess who protects sailors, fishermen, and coastal communities.
  • E. The Dragon Lady
    "The Dragon Lady" is a jazz track featured on the album "The Tokyo Blues" by pianist Horace Silver.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Chinese Widow
Target entity description: The Chinese Widow is a 2017 war drama film directed by Danish filmmaker Bille August that portrays a poignant love story between a downed American pilot and a young Chinese widow during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • 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. Curse of the Golden Flower
    Curse of the Golden Flower is a lavish 2006 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, known for its opulent visuals, intricate palace intrigue, and tragic royal family power struggle during the Tang Dynasty.
  • C. The Flower of Shanghai
    The Flower of Shanghai is a popular nickname for Shanghai Shenhua F.C., one of China's most historic and passionately supported professional football clubs.
  • D. Empress of Heaven
    Empress of Heaven is a divine title for Mazu, the revered Chinese sea goddess who protects sailors, fishermen, and coastal communities.
  • E. The Dragon Lady
    "The Dragon Lady" is a jazz track featured on the album "The Tokyo Blues" by pianist Horace Silver.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: The Chinese Widow
Triple: [Bille August, notableWork, The Chinese Widow]
Generated description
The Chinese Widow is a 2017 war drama film directed by Danish filmmaker Bille August that portrays a poignant love story between a downed American pilot and a young Chinese widow during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d80766a21881909f21a1b7421d3b8a elicitation completed
NER batch_69dbafa27f048190bed33a98e28c8d09 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f75498153c819096a28a7f0b608ff5 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f75a2107e081909fd00af67938f2e9 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f7565846108190bb6550505af8ac5d nedg completed
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:44 p.m.