Triple
T17916403
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | China Merchants Group |
E447936
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Li Hongzhang |
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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: Li Hongzhang | Statement: [China Merchants Group, foundedBy, Li Hongzhang]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Li Hongzhang Context triple: [China Merchants Group, foundedBy, Li Hongzhang]
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A.
Li Hongzhang
chosen
Li Hongzhang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts and negotiations with foreign powers.
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B.
Zuo Zongtang
Zuo Zongtang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman and military leader best known for his role in modernizing China’s military and suppressing major rebellions during the Self-Strengthening Movement.
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C.
Liu Kunyi
Liu Kunyi was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman and military leader known for his role in suppressing rebellions and implementing regional reforms in southern China.
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D.
Zhang Zhidong
Zhang Zhidong was a prominent late Qing dynasty official and reformer who championed selective modernization of China’s military, industry, and education while preserving Confucian traditions.
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E.
Zhang Zhidong
Zhang Zhidong is a Chinese entrepreneur and computer engineer best known as a co-founder and former CTO of the technology conglomerate Tencent.
- 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_69d8b9f6d394819082a6d69fd1e23d2f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4a3062bfc819083f7c0521bad4db8 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:20 a.m.