Triple

T15601262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ningxia rebellion E375037 entity
Predicate historicalRegion P915 FINISHED
Object Ming frontier zone
The Ming frontier zone was a strategically vital border region of the Ming dynasty, marked by fortified defenses, military colonies, and frequent conflicts with neighboring nomadic powers.
E1167380 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: Ming frontier zone | Statement: [Ningxia rebellion, historicalRegion, Ming frontier zone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ming frontier zone
Context triple: [Ningxia rebellion, historicalRegion, Ming frontier zone]
  • A. Zhao–Qin frontier
    The Zhao–Qin frontier was the contested border region between the Warring States of Zhao and Qin in ancient China, serving as a key strategic zone and frequent battleground during their protracted conflicts.
  • B. Jianzhou
    Jianzhou was a historical region in northeastern China that served as the homeland of the Jurchen leader Nurhaci and a cradle of the later Manchu state.
  • C. Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region
    The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region was a key revolutionary base area and stronghold of the Chinese Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War.
  • D. Anxi Protectorate
    The Anxi Protectorate was a Tang dynasty frontier administrative and military region in Central Asia established to control the Western Regions and protect the Silk Road.
  • E. Pei Commandery
    Pei Commandery was an administrative division in ancient China, located in what is now northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong, historically notable as the home region of several prominent Han and Three Kingdoms figures.
  • 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: Ming frontier zone
Triple: [Ningxia rebellion, historicalRegion, Ming frontier zone]
Generated description
The Ming frontier zone was a strategically vital border region of the Ming dynasty, marked by fortified defenses, military colonies, and frequent conflicts with neighboring nomadic powers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ming frontier zone
Target entity description: The Ming frontier zone was a strategically vital border region of the Ming dynasty, marked by fortified defenses, military colonies, and frequent conflicts with neighboring nomadic powers.
  • A. Zhao–Qin frontier
    The Zhao–Qin frontier was the contested border region between the Warring States of Zhao and Qin in ancient China, serving as a key strategic zone and frequent battleground during their protracted conflicts.
  • B. Jianzhou
    Jianzhou was a historical region in northeastern China that served as the homeland of the Jurchen leader Nurhaci and a cradle of the later Manchu state.
  • C. Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region
    The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region was a key revolutionary base area and stronghold of the Chinese Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War.
  • D. Anxi Protectorate
    The Anxi Protectorate was a Tang dynasty frontier administrative and military region in Central Asia established to control the Western Regions and protect the Silk Road.
  • E. Pei Commandery
    Pei Commandery was an administrative division in ancient China, located in what is now northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong, historically notable as the home region of several prominent Han and Three Kingdoms figures.
  • 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_69d85cce25008190b13b52745fbd719b completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e621fc4819097e8e85e7ddfdc6c completed April 16, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff56cf8e5c8190bf13114ab0a834de completed May 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff5acd35648190a204b78f7fb9619c completed May 9, 2026, 4:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff5b3f71148190a96c6f396512c1fd completed May 9, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:12 a.m.