Triple

T16577383
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Axial Age E402746 entity
Predicate associatedWithThinker P2830 FINISHED
Object Confucius
Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher and teacher whose ethical, social, and political ideas became the foundation of Confucianism and deeply shaped East Asian civilization.
E51982 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: Confucius | Statement: [Axial Age, associatedWithThinker, Confucius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confucius
Context triple: [Axial Age, associatedWithThinker, Confucius]
  • A. John
    John is the given name of the American architect John Calvin Stevens, noted for his influential Shingle Style and Colonial Revival designs in New England.
  • B. John
    John is the given first name of the English writer and composer Anthony Burgess, best known as the author of the dystopian novel "A Clockwork Orange."
  • C. John
    John is the given name of John R. Steelman, an American administrator who served as a key aide to President Harry S. Truman.
  • D. John
    John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
  • E. John
    John is the given name of John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and 10th Duke of Marlborough.
  • 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: Confucius
Triple: [Axial Age, associatedWithThinker, Confucius]
Generated description
Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher and teacher whose ethical, social, and political ideas became the foundation of Confucianism and deeply shaped East Asian civilization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confucius
Target entity description: Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher and teacher whose ethical, social, and political ideas became the foundation of Confucianism and deeply shaped East Asian civilization.
  • A. Confucius chosen
    Confucius was an ancient Chinese philosopher and teacher whose ethical, social, and political ideas became the foundation of Confucianism and deeply shaped East Asian civilization.
  • B. John
    John is the first name of Dennis Hastert, the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
  • C. John
    John is the given first name of American baseball pitcher Rube Benton.
  • D. John
    John of Cornwall was a 12th-century Cornish scholar and theologian known for his Latin writings and contributions to medieval intellectual life.
  • E. John
    John Seely Brown is an American researcher and former chief scientist at Xerox PARC known for his work on organizational learning, innovation, and the social aspects of technology.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: associatedWithThinker
Context triple: [Axial Age, associatedWithThinker, Confucius]
  • A. associatedWithPhilosophicalMovement
    Indicates that an entity is linked or connected to a particular philosophical movement, school, or tradition.
  • B. associatedScholar
    Indicates a relationship where a scholar is linked or connected to another entity (such as a work, institution, or concept) through relevant academic or intellectual involvement.
  • C. isAssociatedWith chosen
    Indicates that there exists a connection, relationship, or involvement between two entities without specifying its exact nature.
  • D. associatedWithPub
    Indicates that an entity has a connection or relationship with a particular publication (e.g., as source, reference, or related work).
  • E. associatedWithWorkOf
    Indicates that one entity has a connection or involvement with the work, creation, or output produced by another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d88387363c8190a97a0c942130de97 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3595dd90881909933216bd12505e1 completed April 18, 2026, 10:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a006eecbb6c81908abc5659333a4879 completed May 10, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a006fa02870819083c1b25eb4c8ffad completed May 10, 2026, 11:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0070aee0248190b3463b98a739d1ae completed May 10, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e296a7d9d0819088555bca6c936e79 completed April 17, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.