Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Francis Wade E417001 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi
Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi is a pioneering 19th-century Chinese language textbook and reader compiled by British sinologist Thomas Francis Wade to teach spoken Mandarin and its romanization to Western learners.
E1254721 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: Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi | Statement: [Thomas Francis Wade, notableWork, Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi
Context triple: [Thomas Francis Wade, notableWork, Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi]
  • A. Tzu-chih T’ung-chien
    Tzu-chih T’ung-chien is a monumental 11th-century Chinese chronological historical work compiled under Sima Guang that covers the history of China from the Warring States period to the early Song dynasty.
  • B. Yuan Tseh
    Yuan Tseh is a Taiwanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical reaction dynamics.
  • C. Chao-chou Ts’ung-shen
    Chao-chou Ts’ung-shen was a renowned Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Tang dynasty, celebrated for his subtle, paradoxical teaching style and influential kōans.
  • D. Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien
    Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master, traditionally regarded as a key figure in the formation of the Caodong/Sōtō school.
  • E. San Min Chu-i
    San Min Chu-i is the national anthem of the Republic of China, expressing the political philosophy of Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles of the People.
  • 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: Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi
Triple: [Thomas Francis Wade, notableWork, Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi]
Generated description
Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi is a pioneering 19th-century Chinese language textbook and reader compiled by British sinologist Thomas Francis Wade to teach spoken Mandarin and its romanization to Western learners.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi
Target entity description: Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi is a pioneering 19th-century Chinese language textbook and reader compiled by British sinologist Thomas Francis Wade to teach spoken Mandarin and its romanization to Western learners.
  • A. Tzu-chih T’ung-chien
    Tzu-chih T’ung-chien is a monumental 11th-century Chinese chronological historical work compiled under Sima Guang that covers the history of China from the Warring States period to the early Song dynasty.
  • B. Yuan Tseh
    Yuan Tseh is a Taiwanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical reaction dynamics.
  • C. Chao-chou Ts’ung-shen
    Chao-chou Ts’ung-shen was a renowned Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Tang dynasty, celebrated for his subtle, paradoxical teaching style and influential kōans.
  • D. Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien
    Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master, traditionally regarded as a key figure in the formation of the Caodong/Sōtō school.
  • E. San Min Chu-i
    San Min Chu-i is the national anthem of the Republic of China, expressing the political philosophy of Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles of the People.
  • 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_69d886d5f34c8190b24564dfaa63f3fb completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3fc1187808190aeaa0d0e6487957e completed April 18, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a014847a19481909b1249c2fe428bfc completed May 11, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a014cf269b48190bf58eb71a9fec897 completed May 11, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a014d5d10b4819086969145c2d4fb56 completed May 11, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:37 a.m.