Triple

T15081953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Li Hongzhang E360168 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Li Zhongtang
Li Zhongtang is the birth name of Li Hongzhang, a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts.
E1136465 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: Li Zhongtang | Statement: [Li Hongzhang, birthName, Li Zhongtang]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Li Zhongtang
Context triple: [Li Hongzhang, birthName, Li Zhongtang]
  • A. Lu Rongting
    Lu Rongting was an early 20th-century Chinese warlord and politician who dominated Guangxi province during the Warlord Era of the Republic of China.
  • B. Wu Peifu
    Wu Peifu was a prominent Chinese warlord and military strategist of the early Republic era, known as a leading figure of the Zhili clique who opposed the Kuomintang’s unification efforts.
  • C. Sun Chuanfang
    Sun Chuanfang was a prominent Chinese warlord of the early 20th century who controlled much of eastern China as leader of the so-called "Five Provinces Coalition" before being defeated during the Nationalist Northern Expedition.
  • D. Bai Chongxi
    Bai Chongxi was a prominent Chinese Muslim general and strategist who played a key role in the Nationalist government’s military campaigns during the early 20th century, including the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • E. Li Zongren
    Li Zongren was a prominent Chinese military commander and political leader of the early 20th century who played key roles in the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War, later briefly serving as acting president of the Republic of China.
  • 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: Li Zhongtang
Triple: [Li Hongzhang, birthName, Li Zhongtang]
Generated description
Li Zhongtang is the birth name of Li Hongzhang, a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Li Zhongtang
Target entity description: Li Zhongtang is the birth name of Li Hongzhang, a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts.
  • A. Lu Rongting
    Lu Rongting was an early 20th-century Chinese warlord and politician who dominated Guangxi province during the Warlord Era of the Republic of China.
  • B. Wu Peifu
    Wu Peifu was a prominent Chinese warlord and military strategist of the early Republic era, known as a leading figure of the Zhili clique who opposed the Kuomintang’s unification efforts.
  • C. Sun Chuanfang
    Sun Chuanfang was a prominent Chinese warlord of the early 20th century who controlled much of eastern China as leader of the so-called "Five Provinces Coalition" before being defeated during the Nationalist Northern Expedition.
  • D. Bai Chongxi
    Bai Chongxi was a prominent Chinese Muslim general and strategist who played a key role in the Nationalist government’s military campaigns during the early 20th century, including the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • E. Li Zongren
    Li Zongren was a prominent Chinese military commander and political leader of the early 20th century who played key roles in the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War, later briefly serving as acting president of the Republic of China.
  • 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_69d85a035aa88190b52a139d3a1b7b6d completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0027450a48190a84588b6aaf84ebf completed April 15, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feae15d6308190a62b4f66c550db04 completed May 9, 2026, 3:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69feaf8e1b508190b0b5ceb64d44fad6 completed May 9, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feb038065c8190b60266644db64092 completed May 9, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:03 a.m.