Triple

T16301726
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shōnai Domain E395805 entity
Predicate rulingClan P9023 FINISHED
Object Sakai clan
The Sakai clan was a prominent fudai (hereditary vassal) samurai family of the Tokugawa shogunate, known for producing several daimyō and holding key domains and offices during the Edo period.
E1025109 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: Sakai clan | Statement: [Shōnai Domain, rulingClan, Sakai clan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sakai clan
Context triple: [Shōnai Domain, rulingClan, Sakai clan]
  • A. Azai clan
    The Azai clan was a prominent samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, known for its rule over northern Ōmi Province and its eventual destruction by Oda Nobunaga.
  • B. Shiba clan
    The Shiba clan was a prominent samurai family of the Muromachi period in Japan, known as one of the three major branch families of the Ashikaga shogunate and for holding high-ranking positions such as shugo (military governors).
  • C. Shimada Clan
    The Shimada Clan is a powerful and traditional Japanese crime family in the Overwatch universe, known for its mastery of ninjutsu and archery and for being the birthplace of the brothers Genji and Hanzo.
  • D. Yanagisawa clan
    The Yanagisawa clan was a prominent samurai family of the Edo period, closely associated with the Tokugawa shogunate through high-ranking retainers and daimyō.
  • E. Kikkawa clan
    The Kikkawa clan was a prominent samurai family in western Japan that became closely allied with and eventually absorbed into the powerful Mōri clan during the Sengoku period.
  • 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: Sakai clan
Triple: [Shōnai Domain, rulingClan, Sakai clan]
Generated description
The Sakai clan was a prominent fudai (hereditary vassal) samurai family of the Tokugawa shogunate, known for producing several daimyō and holding key domains and offices during the Edo period.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sakai clan
Target entity description: The Sakai clan was a prominent fudai (hereditary vassal) samurai family of the Tokugawa shogunate, known for producing several daimyō and holding key domains and offices during the Edo period.
  • A. Azai clan
    The Azai clan was a prominent samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, known for its rule over northern Ōmi Province and its eventual destruction by Oda Nobunaga.
  • B. Shiba clan
    The Shiba clan was a prominent samurai family of the Muromachi period in Japan, known as one of the three major branch families of the Ashikaga shogunate and for holding high-ranking positions such as shugo (military governors).
  • C. Shimada Clan
    The Shimada Clan is a powerful and traditional Japanese crime family in the Overwatch universe, known for its mastery of ninjutsu and archery and for being the birthplace of the brothers Genji and Hanzo.
  • D. Yanagisawa clan chosen
    The Yanagisawa clan was a prominent samurai family of the Edo period, closely associated with the Tokugawa shogunate through high-ranking retainers and daimyō.
  • E. Kikkawa clan
    The Kikkawa clan was a prominent samurai family in western Japan that became closely allied with and eventually absorbed into the powerful Mōri clan during the Sengoku period.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d87f23bb088190a16fbb91a1957ea5 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e25e32da7081908d8bd320374a5731 completed April 17, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0025ff9020819088f2146bdbfb2e2a completed May 10, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0026b6554481909ee5a4de41293d90 completed May 10, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a002750c490819082db2044b6a89eaa completed May 10, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.