Triple

T1629377
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lingnan E35222 entity
Predicate ethnicGroup P194 FINISHED
Object Tanka people
The Tanka people are a traditionally boat-dwelling ethnic subgroup in southern China, especially in the coastal and river regions of Guangdong and nearby areas, known for their distinct maritime culture and customs.
E185260 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: Tanka people | Statement: [Lingnan, ethnicGroup, Tanka people]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tanka people
Context triple: [Lingnan, ethnicGroup, Tanka people]
  • A. Kawaiisu people
    The Kawaiisu people are an Indigenous Native American group traditionally inhabiting the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California, known for their Uto-Aztecan language and rich basketry and rock art traditions.
  • B. Nara people
    The Nara people are an indigenous ethnic group of western Eritrea, traditionally agro-pastoralists with their own Nara language and distinct cultural practices.
  • C. Yamato people
    The Yamato people are the dominant ethnic group of Japan, historically centered on the main islands and forming the core of Japanese culture, language, and national identity.
  • D. Kitanemuk people
    The Kitanemuk people are an Indigenous Native American group traditionally inhabiting the Tehachapi Mountains and adjacent regions of Southern California, known for their distinct Takic language and cultural practices.
  • E. Katsushika
    Katsushika is a special ward in eastern Tokyo, Japan, known as a largely residential and traditional shitamachi area along the Edo River.
  • 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: Tanka people
Triple: [Lingnan, ethnicGroup, Tanka people]
Generated description
The Tanka people are a traditionally boat-dwelling ethnic subgroup in southern China, especially in the coastal and river regions of Guangdong and nearby areas, known for their distinct maritime culture and customs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tanka people
Target entity description: The Tanka people are a traditionally boat-dwelling ethnic subgroup in southern China, especially in the coastal and river regions of Guangdong and nearby areas, known for their distinct maritime culture and customs.
  • A. Kawaiisu people
    The Kawaiisu people are an Indigenous Native American group traditionally inhabiting the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California, known for their Uto-Aztecan language and rich basketry and rock art traditions.
  • B. Nara people
    The Nara people are an indigenous ethnic group of western Eritrea, traditionally agro-pastoralists with their own Nara language and distinct cultural practices.
  • C. Yamato people
    The Yamato people are the dominant ethnic group of Japan, historically centered on the main islands and forming the core of Japanese culture, language, and national identity.
  • D. Kitanemuk people
    The Kitanemuk people are an Indigenous Native American group traditionally inhabiting the Tehachapi Mountains and adjacent regions of Southern California, known for their distinct Takic language and cultural practices.
  • E. Katsushika
    Katsushika is a special ward in eastern Tokyo, Japan, known as a largely residential and traditional shitamachi area along the Edo River.
  • 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_69a886036bc081909ff5de16dbe5e8ea completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a909f257948190b3398fd6dc91f586 completed March 5, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad58d5acd8819090c51678ce0f63f0 completed March 8, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad5a619da481908d66837ea94c91cf completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad5b41a68c8190ba293d8e8c35521b completed March 8, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.