Triple

T16301727
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shōnai Domain E395805 entity
Predicate daimyōFamily P122594 FINISHED
Object Sakai clan
The Sakai clan was a prominent samurai family of fudai (hereditary) daimyō that held significant power and influence in Edo-period Japan, notably ruling the Shōnai Domain.
E1025109 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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, daimyōFamily, Sakai clan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sakai clan
Context triple: [Shōnai Domain, daimyōFamily, 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, daimyōFamily, Sakai clan]
Generated description
The Sakai clan was a prominent samurai family of fudai (hereditary) daimyō that held significant power and influence in Edo-period Japan, notably ruling the Shōnai Domain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sakai clan
Target entity description: The Sakai clan was a prominent samurai family of fudai (hereditary) daimyō that held significant power and influence in Edo-period Japan, notably ruling the Shōnai Domain.
  • 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.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: daimyōFamily
Context triple: [Shōnai Domain, daimyōFamily, Sakai clan]
  • A. notableDaimyo
    Indicates that a person held the status of a daimyō and is recognized as particularly prominent or historically significant among daimyō.
  • B. firstDaimyo
    Indicates that the subject is the first (initial or founding) daimyō associated with the specified domain, lineage, or context.
  • C. daimyoResidence
    Indicates that a location serves or served as the official residence of a daimyo (feudal lord).
  • D. lastDaimyo
    Indicates that the subject is the final or most recent daimyo (feudal lord) to hold authority over the object.
  • E. successorAsDaimyoOfHikone
    Indicates that one entity became the next daimyō (feudal lord) of Hikone, directly succeeding another in that position.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_6a002da444408190b770055d84060f4d completed May 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a002ec2fd948190878af958d0b90ce6 completed May 10, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00312a4fc48190b6bd6ad9db71bb4d completed May 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e219fa5508819097e9d383348bf174 completed April 17, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69e21e56e0348190a3d9475360231a70 completed April 17, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.