Triple
T13527734
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies |
E323054
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John King Fairbank
John King Fairbank was a pioneering American historian and sinologist whose scholarship fundamentally shaped Western understanding of modern Chinese history.
|
E1044644
|
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: John King Fairbank | Statement: [Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, namedAfter, John King Fairbank]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John King Fairbank Context triple: [Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, namedAfter, John King Fairbank]
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A.
Edwin O. Reischauer
Edwin O. Reischauer was an influential American diplomat and scholar of Japanese studies who served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and helped shape postwar U.S.–Japan relations.
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B.
Richard Dana Fairbank
Richard Dana Fairbank is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of Capital One Financial Corporation.
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C.
Frederic Wakeman Sr.
Frederic Wakeman Sr. was an American novelist best known for his sharp, satirical depictions of postwar American business and advertising culture.
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D.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
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E.
William Chenery
William Chenery was an American journalist and editor best known for his influential leadership of Collier’s magazine during the early 20th century.
- 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: John King Fairbank Triple: [Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, namedAfter, John King Fairbank]
Generated description
John King Fairbank was a pioneering American historian and sinologist whose scholarship fundamentally shaped Western understanding of modern Chinese history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John King Fairbank Target entity description: John King Fairbank was a pioneering American historian and sinologist whose scholarship fundamentally shaped Western understanding of modern Chinese history.
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A.
Edwin O. Reischauer
Edwin O. Reischauer was an influential American diplomat and scholar of Japanese studies who served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and helped shape postwar U.S.–Japan relations.
-
B.
Richard Dana Fairbank
Richard Dana Fairbank is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of Capital One Financial Corporation.
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C.
Frederic Wakeman Sr.
Frederic Wakeman Sr. was an American novelist best known for his sharp, satirical depictions of postwar American business and advertising culture.
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D.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
-
E.
William Chenery
William Chenery was an American journalist and editor best known for his influential leadership of Collier’s magazine during the early 20th century.
- 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_69d80766a21881909f21a1b7421d3b8a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbafb8e0cc8190b47f6aeb8ced470e |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7549dda6481908e9305690488b1af |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7555173d08190be887e81c148192e |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f75675df788190b4aa562fe0bc1d75 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:44 p.m.