Triple
T17531841
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Qaidam Basin |
E426954
|
entity |
| Predicate | locatedIn |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | northwestern China |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: northwestern China | Statement: [Qaidam Basin, locatedIn, northwestern China]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: northwestern China Context triple: [Qaidam Basin, locatedIn, northwestern China]
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A.
Northwest China
chosen
Northwest China is a vast, largely arid and ethnically diverse region of China that includes provinces such as Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang, known for its Silk Road heritage and significant strategic importance.
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B.
Western China
Western China is the vast, often sparsely populated region of China that includes areas such as Xinjiang and Tibet, characterized by deserts, high plateaus, and significant ethnic and cultural diversity.
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C.
North China
North China is a historically and politically significant region of northern China that has long been a strategic center for military, economic, and cultural activity.
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D.
Western Regions
The Western Regions were the historical territories of Central Asia west of China’s Yumen Pass, encompassing key Silk Road oasis states and trade routes that linked China with the Middle East and Europe.
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E.
Southwest China
Southwest China is a broad geographic and cultural region of China known for its mountainous terrain, ethnic diversity, and major provinces such as Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d889de677081909b22d2657b1f0292 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e453695734819092d4dcbab4a4fa01 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m.