Triple

T1357819
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rochester, Minnesota E29027 entity
Predicate sisterCity P1072 FINISHED
Object Xianyang, China
Xianyang is a historic city in Shaanxi Province, China, known as the former capital of the Qin dynasty and located near the modern metropolis of Xi’an.
 E157600 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: Xianyang, China | Statement: [Rochester, Minnesota, sisterCity, Xianyang, China]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Xianyang, China
Context triple: [Rochester, Minnesota, sisterCity, Xianyang, China]
  • A. X’ian, China
    Xi’an is a major historic city in central China, best known as the ancient capital of several dynasties and home to the famed Terracotta Army.
  • B. Xinjing
    Xinjing was the capital city of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China during the 1930s and early 1940s.
  • C. Yan'an
    Yan'an is a historic city in China's Shaanxi province that served as the Chinese Communist Party's revolutionary base and political center during the late 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Chang'an
    Chang'an was the ancient capital of several Chinese dynasties and a major political, cultural, and trade center along the Silk Road.
  • E. Anyang
    Anyang is an ancient city in northern China renowned as one of the historical capitals of the Shang dynasty and a major archaeological site.
  • 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: Xianyang, China
Triple: [Rochester, Minnesota, sisterCity, Xianyang, China]
Generated description
Xianyang is a historic city in Shaanxi Province, China, known as the former capital of the Qin dynasty and located near the modern metropolis of Xi’an.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Xianyang, China
Target entity description: Xianyang is a historic city in Shaanxi Province, China, known as the former capital of the Qin dynasty and located near the modern metropolis of Xi’an.
  • A. X’ian, China
    Xi’an is a major historic city in central China, best known as the ancient capital of several dynasties and home to the famed Terracotta Army.
  • B. Xinjing
    Xinjing was the capital city of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China during the 1930s and early 1940s.
  • C. Yan'an
    Yan'an is a historic city in China's Shaanxi province that served as the Chinese Communist Party's revolutionary base and political center during the late 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Chang'an
    Chang'an was the ancient capital of several Chinese dynasties and a major political, cultural, and trade center along the Silk Road.
  • E. Anyang
    Anyang is an ancient city in northern China renowned as one of the historical capitals of the Shang dynasty and a major archaeological site.
  • 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_69a498d77abc8190913bf57e5f51d2c4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c28f5b988190b0be4504eabb919d completed March 1, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acd47b63c081908a859a88ad5564b8 completed March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acd5314ac08190abf0ed287689dc5f completed March 8, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acd59842f08190976724ad981de3d8 completed March 8, 2026, 1:49 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.