Triple

T16421838
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Open Door policy E398835 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Scramble for concessions in China
The Scramble for concessions in China was a late 19th-century period when major foreign powers aggressively carved out spheres of influence and secured special rights in China, undermining Chinese sovereignty and setting the stage for later international policies like the Open Door policy.
E1211828 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: Scramble for concessions in China | Statement: [Open Door policy, precededBy, Scramble for concessions in China]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scramble for concessions in China
Context triple: [Open Door policy, precededBy, Scramble for concessions in China]
  • A. Trouble in China
    Trouble in China is a non-fiction work by Canadian broadcaster and journalist Gordon Sinclair that examines political and social conditions in China.
  • B. American concession in Shanghai
    The American concession in Shanghai was a foreign-controlled enclave established by the United States in 19th-century Shanghai that later merged into the larger Shanghai International Settlement.
  • C. British concession in Canton
    The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
  • D. A Day in the Life of China
    A Day in the Life of China is a large-scale photographic book project capturing a single day across China through images taken by dozens of international and Chinese photographers.
  • E. British concession in Hankow
    The British concession in Hankow was a foreign-controlled enclave in Wuhan, China, established in the late 19th century that served as a major hub for British trade and influence along the Yangtze 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: Scramble for concessions in China
Triple: [Open Door policy, precededBy, Scramble for concessions in China]
Generated description
The Scramble for concessions in China was a late 19th-century period when major foreign powers aggressively carved out spheres of influence and secured special rights in China, undermining Chinese sovereignty and setting the stage for later international policies like the Open Door policy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scramble for concessions in China
Target entity description: The Scramble for concessions in China was a late 19th-century period when major foreign powers aggressively carved out spheres of influence and secured special rights in China, undermining Chinese sovereignty and setting the stage for later international policies like the Open Door policy.
  • A. Trouble in China
    Trouble in China is a non-fiction work by Canadian broadcaster and journalist Gordon Sinclair that examines political and social conditions in China.
  • B. American concession in Shanghai
    The American concession in Shanghai was a foreign-controlled enclave established by the United States in 19th-century Shanghai that later merged into the larger Shanghai International Settlement.
  • C. British concession in Canton
    The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
  • D. A Day in the Life of China
    A Day in the Life of China is a large-scale photographic book project capturing a single day across China through images taken by dozens of international and Chinese photographers.
  • E. British concession in Hankow
    The British concession in Hankow was a foreign-controlled enclave in Wuhan, China, established in the late 19th century that served as a major hub for British trade and influence along the Yangtze 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_69d87f2b9024819085c20e52de95d583 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e328f85a68819098742b324f6c6fd4 completed April 18, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a003c70aaa08190bf88210c0b491fc1 completed May 10, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a003e3b113c819083e1abc512631e2b completed May 10, 2026, 8:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a003eb6aa748190b0c8866af405794a completed May 10, 2026, 8:15 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:09 a.m.