Triple
T17916405
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | China Merchants Group |
E447936
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | China Merchants Steam Navigation Company |
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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: China Merchants Steam Navigation Company | Statement: [China Merchants Group, formerName, China Merchants Steam Navigation Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: China Merchants Steam Navigation Company Context triple: [China Merchants Group, formerName, China Merchants Steam Navigation Company]
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A.
China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
chosen
The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was a pioneering late Qing dynasty Chinese shipping enterprise that symbolized the country's early efforts at state-led industrial and commercial modernization.
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B.
Beiyang Railway Company
The Beiyang Railway Company was a pioneering late Qing dynasty Chinese railway enterprise that played a key role in the early development of modern rail transport and industrialization in northern China.
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C.
Red Star Line
Red Star Line was a prominent Belgian-American shipping company that operated transatlantic passenger and freight services between Europe and North America from the late 19th to early 20th century.
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D.
Shanghai International Port Group
Shanghai International Port Group is a major Chinese state-owned enterprise that operates and manages the Port of Shanghai, one of the world’s busiest container ports.
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E.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was a major British shipping and logistics company renowned for its global passenger and cargo services, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
- 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.