Triple

T15278354

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Xu Shichang	`E365200`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces The Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces was a high-ranking Qing dynasty official responsible for overseeing civil and military affairs in Manchuria (the three northeastern provinces of the empire).	`E1148044`	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: Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces | Statement: [Xu Shichang, positionHeld, Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces
Context triple: [Xu Shichang, positionHeld, Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces]

A. Viceroy of Zhili
The Viceroy of Zhili was one of the highest-ranking regional governorships in late imperial China, overseeing the strategically vital Zhili (Hebei) region surrounding Beijing and wielding significant military and civil authority.
B. Governor-General of Shaan-Gan
The Governor-General of Shaan-Gan was a high-ranking Qing imperial viceroy responsible for overseeing military and civil administration in the strategically important northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu.
C. Viceroy of Liangjiang
The Viceroy of Liangjiang was a high-ranking Qing dynasty provincial governor-general overseeing the key regions of Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Anhui, with major military and administrative authority.
D. Governor-General of Min-Zhe
The Governor-General of Min-Zhe was a high-ranking Qing dynasty viceroy responsible for overseeing civil and military affairs in the Fujian (Min) and Zhejiang (Zhe) provinces of southeastern China.
E. Chief Executive of Manchukuo
The Chief Executive of Manchukuo was the head of state of the Japanese-controlled puppet regime established in northeastern China in the early 1930s.
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: Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces
Triple: [Xu Shichang, positionHeld, Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces]

Generated description

The Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces was a high-ranking Qing dynasty official responsible for overseeing civil and military affairs in Manchuria (the three northeastern provinces of the empire).

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces
Target entity description: The Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces was a high-ranking Qing dynasty official responsible for overseeing civil and military affairs in Manchuria (the three northeastern provinces of the empire).

A. Viceroy of Zhili
The Viceroy of Zhili was one of the highest-ranking regional governorships in late imperial China, overseeing the strategically vital Zhili (Hebei) region surrounding Beijing and wielding significant military and civil authority.
B. Governor-General of Shaan-Gan
The Governor-General of Shaan-Gan was a high-ranking Qing imperial viceroy responsible for overseeing military and civil administration in the strategically important northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu.
C. Viceroy of Liangjiang
The Viceroy of Liangjiang was a high-ranking Qing dynasty provincial governor-general overseeing the key regions of Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Anhui, with major military and administrative authority.
D. Governor-General of Min-Zhe
The Governor-General of Min-Zhe was a high-ranking Qing dynasty viceroy responsible for overseeing civil and military affairs in the Fujian (Min) and Zhejiang (Zhe) provinces of southeastern China.
E. Chief Executive of Manchukuo
The Chief Executive of Manchukuo was the head of state of the Japanese-controlled puppet regime established in northeastern China in the early 1930s.
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_69d85a103d9081908c1ea6c4c73ac8e3`	completed	April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e00953bc848190b83919f39d5ee37b`	completed	April 15, 2026, 9:55 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69feef734f488190951d029183d456f5`	completed	May 9, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69fef154c11c8190b07efafe1252d8eb`	completed	May 9, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69fef1b895f08190bedf6274b70f6d90`	completed	May 9, 2026, 8:35 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:14 a.m.