Triple

T14917004
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British informal empire in China E371406 entity
Predicate includes P1393 FINISHED
Object British concession in Shanghai
The British concession in Shanghai was a foreign-controlled enclave established in the 19th century that became a major hub of international trade, finance, and expatriate life in the city until the mid-20th century.
E1128249 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: British concession in Shanghai | Statement: [British informal empire in China, includes, British concession in Shanghai]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British concession in Shanghai
Context triple: [British informal empire in China, includes, British concession in Shanghai]
  • A. American concession in Shanghai
    The American concession in Shanghai was a foreign-controlled enclave established by the United States in 19th-century Shanghai that later merged into the larger Shanghai International Settlement.
  • B. British concession in Tianjin
    The British concession in Tianjin was a foreign-controlled enclave established by the United Kingdom in the late 19th century that served as a key hub of British political, commercial, and cultural influence in northern China until the mid-20th century.
  • C. British concession in Amoy
    The British concession in Amoy was a 19th- and early 20th-century foreign-controlled enclave in the Chinese port city of Xiamen, established after the Opium Wars as part of Britain’s treaty port system.
  • D. British concession in Canton
    The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
  • E. British concession in Hankow
    The British concession in Hankow was a foreign-controlled enclave in Wuhan, China, established in the late 19th century that served as a major hub for British trade and influence along the Yangtze River.
  • 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: British concession in Shanghai
Triple: [British informal empire in China, includes, British concession in Shanghai]
Generated description
The British concession in Shanghai was a foreign-controlled enclave established in the 19th century that became a major hub of international trade, finance, and expatriate life in the city until the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British concession in Shanghai
Target entity description: The British concession in Shanghai was a foreign-controlled enclave established in the 19th century that became a major hub of international trade, finance, and expatriate life in the city until the mid-20th century.
  • A. American concession in Shanghai
    The American concession in Shanghai was a foreign-controlled enclave established by the United States in 19th-century Shanghai that later merged into the larger Shanghai International Settlement.
  • B. British concession in Tianjin
    The British concession in Tianjin was a foreign-controlled enclave established by the United Kingdom in the late 19th century that served as a key hub of British political, commercial, and cultural influence in northern China until the mid-20th century.
  • C. British concession in Amoy
    The British concession in Amoy was a 19th- and early 20th-century foreign-controlled enclave in the Chinese port city of Xiamen, established after the Opium Wars as part of Britain’s treaty port system.
  • D. British concession in Canton
    The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
  • E. British concession in Hankow
    The British concession in Hankow was a foreign-controlled enclave in Wuhan, China, established in the late 19th century that served as a major hub for British trade and influence along the Yangtze River.
  • 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_69d85cc7ea3481908228b5acb7d06f12 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded62038508190946499cd3552990e completed April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe7e86ce888190b03056db39438701 completed May 9, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe7f6df97c8190a29013abcf37aa40 completed May 9, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe802ce7108190b4c1e46be0c0fbd5 completed May 9, 2026, 12:30 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:32 a.m.