Triple

T16170807
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Republic of Ezo E392428 entity
Predicate militaryLeader P15490 FINISHED
Object Hijikata Toshizō
Hijikata Toshizō was a famed late-Edo period samurai and vice-commander of the Shinsengumi, known for his staunch loyalty to the Tokugawa shogunate and his role in Japan’s Boshin War.
E1228511 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: Hijikata Toshizō | Statement: [Republic of Ezo, militaryLeader, Hijikata Toshizō]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hijikata Toshizō
Context triple: [Republic of Ezo, militaryLeader, Hijikata Toshizō]
  • A. Kodama Gentarō
    Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Genjuro Kibagami
    Genjuro Kibagami is a recurring anti-hero and rival swordsman in SNK’s Samurai Shodown fighting game series, known for his ruthless demeanor and powerful iaido-based fighting style.
  • C. Katsura Kogorō
    Katsura Kogorō, better known as Kido Takayoshi, was a key samurai leader of the Chōshū domain and one of the principal architects of Japan’s Meiji Restoration.
  • D. Araki Sadao
    Araki Sadao was a prominent Japanese general and influential political figure of the early Shōwa era, known for his role in promoting militarism and ultranationalism within the Imperial Japanese Army and government.
  • E. Yamanaka Shikanosuke
    Yamanaka Shikanosuke was a famed samurai and retainer of the Amago clan during Japan’s Sengoku period, celebrated for his unwavering loyalty and martial prowess.
  • 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: Hijikata Toshizō
Triple: [Republic of Ezo, militaryLeader, Hijikata Toshizō]
Generated description
Hijikata Toshizō was a famed late-Edo period samurai and vice-commander of the Shinsengumi, known for his staunch loyalty to the Tokugawa shogunate and his role in Japan’s Boshin War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hijikata Toshizō
Target entity description: Hijikata Toshizō was a famed late-Edo period samurai and vice-commander of the Shinsengumi, known for his staunch loyalty to the Tokugawa shogunate and his role in Japan’s Boshin War.
  • A. Kodama Gentarō
    Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Genjuro Kibagami
    Genjuro Kibagami is a recurring anti-hero and rival swordsman in SNK’s Samurai Shodown fighting game series, known for his ruthless demeanor and powerful iaido-based fighting style.
  • C. Katsura Kogorō
    Katsura Kogorō, better known as Kido Takayoshi, was a key samurai leader of the Chōshū domain and one of the principal architects of Japan’s Meiji Restoration.
  • D. Araki Sadao
    Araki Sadao was a prominent Japanese general and influential political figure of the early Shōwa era, known for his role in promoting militarism and ultranationalism within the Imperial Japanese Army and government.
  • E. Yamanaka Shikanosuke
    Yamanaka Shikanosuke was a famed samurai and retainer of the Amago clan during Japan’s Sengoku period, celebrated for his unwavering loyalty and martial prowess.
  • 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_69d87f1d32208190942e4e499a80c18c completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e21eb6de30819083af54b50ae5ae51 completed April 17, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a008a1f8d648190b9c6280b875a17e4 completed May 10, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a008ccaba388190afb9f17e20716d2e completed May 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a008d3c6fe081908c70e884eafb576f completed May 10, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.