Triple

T1653432
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ming dynasty E35743 entity
Predicate notablePerson P304 FINISHED
Object Xu Guangqi
Xu Guangqi was a prominent late Ming dynasty scholar-official, scientist, and Catholic convert known for his collaboration with Matteo Ricci and his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and agricultural reform in China.
E187708 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: Xu Guangqi | Statement: [Ming dynasty, notablePerson, Xu Guangqi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xu Guangqi
Context triple: [Ming dynasty, notablePerson, Xu Guangqi]
  • A. Shan Zuchang
    Shan Zuchang is a Chinese businessman best known for serving as chairman of English football club West Bromwich Albion.
  • B. Shen Kuo
    Shen Kuo was an 11th-century Chinese polymath—scientist, statesman, engineer, and writer—renowned for his pioneering work in astronomy, mathematics, geology, and technology during the Song dynasty.
  • C. Yu Chengwan
    Yu Chengwan was a Chinese military commander best known for leading Nationalist forces during the World War II-era Battle of Changde against the Imperial Japanese Army.
  • D. He Zizhen
    He Zizhen was a Chinese revolutionary and early Communist Party member best known as one of Mao Zedong’s wives and a participant in the Long March.
  • E. Kun Huang
    Kun Huang was a prominent Chinese physicist and crystallographer known for his influential work in solid-state physics and lattice dynamics.
  • 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: Xu Guangqi
Triple: [Ming dynasty, notablePerson, Xu Guangqi]
Generated description
Xu Guangqi was a prominent late Ming dynasty scholar-official, scientist, and Catholic convert known for his collaboration with Matteo Ricci and his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and agricultural reform in China.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xu Guangqi
Target entity description: Xu Guangqi was a prominent late Ming dynasty scholar-official, scientist, and Catholic convert known for his collaboration with Matteo Ricci and his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and agricultural reform in China.
  • A. Shan Zuchang
    Shan Zuchang is a Chinese businessman best known for serving as chairman of English football club West Bromwich Albion.
  • B. Shen Kuo
    Shen Kuo was an 11th-century Chinese polymath—scientist, statesman, engineer, and writer—renowned for his pioneering work in astronomy, mathematics, geology, and technology during the Song dynasty.
  • C. Yu Chengwan
    Yu Chengwan was a Chinese military commander best known for leading Nationalist forces during the World War II-era Battle of Changde against the Imperial Japanese Army.
  • D. He Zizhen
    He Zizhen was a Chinese revolutionary and early Communist Party member best known as one of Mao Zedong’s wives and a participant in the Long March.
  • E. Kun Huang
    Kun Huang was a prominent Chinese physicist and crystallographer known for his influential work in solid-state physics and lattice dynamics.
  • 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_69a8860568888190a32cd9f70acbba42 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90a8a080c8190b6913d6830d74526 completed March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad6821d18c8190b411bb031c142580 completed March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad68a9769081908a0748b8d02b8379 completed March 8, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad692d61288190ad0c0265f49643ac completed March 8, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.