Triple
T15478900
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Science and Civilisation in China |
E376860
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Wang Ling
Wang Ling was a Chinese historian of science best known for his extensive collaboration with Joseph Needham on the multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China."
|
E1159696
|
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: Wang Ling | Statement: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Wang Ling]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wang Ling Context triple: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Wang Ling]
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A.
Zhu Houxi
Zhu Houxi was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongzhi Emperor of China.
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B.
Li Fang-Kuei
Li Fang-Kuei was a prominent Chinese linguist and philologist known for his influential work on the historical phonology of Chinese and other Sino-Tibetan languages.
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C.
Wang Dusit
Wang Dusit is the Thai name for Dusit Palace, a royal residence complex in Bangkok built during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).
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D.
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen was a prominent Ming dynasty military commander known for his role in the frontier wars against Mongol forces.
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E.
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen was a prominent Chinese Communist military commander and one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People’s 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: Wang Ling Triple: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Wang Ling]
Generated description
Wang Ling was a Chinese historian of science best known for his extensive collaboration with Joseph Needham on the multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wang Ling Target entity description: Wang Ling was a Chinese historian of science best known for his extensive collaboration with Joseph Needham on the multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China."
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A.
Zhu Houxi
Zhu Houxi was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongzhi Emperor of China.
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B.
Li Fang-Kuei
Li Fang-Kuei was a prominent Chinese linguist and philologist known for his influential work on the historical phonology of Chinese and other Sino-Tibetan languages.
-
C.
Wang Dusit
Wang Dusit is the Thai name for Dusit Palace, a royal residence complex in Bangkok built during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).
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D.
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen was a prominent Chinese Communist military commander and one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People’s Republic of China.
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E.
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen was a prominent Ming dynasty military commander known for his role in the frontier wars against Mongol forces.
- 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_69d85cd21dcc81908646251b1c26ea00 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03f8a77a081909f12f13660452f4a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff2d0b3e7881908f195701fe222371 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff2e4010dc8190b0f81d03acf8ba41 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:53 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff310c2d5c819093295c45307176ec |
completed | May 9, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:34 a.m.