Triple

T1976706
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alibaba Group E42930 entity
Predicate formerCEO P6143 FINISHED
Object Daniel Zhang
Daniel Zhang is a Chinese business executive best known for leading Alibaba Group through a major period of global expansion and for creating the Singles’ Day shopping festival.
E223489 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: Daniel Zhang | Statement: [Alibaba Group, formerCEO, Daniel Zhang]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Zhang
Context triple: [Alibaba Group, formerCEO, Daniel Zhang]
  • A. John Cheng
    John Cheng is a film producer best known for his work on the dark comedy movie "Horrible Bosses."
  • B. Jason Wong
    Jason Wong is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including his appearance in Guy Ritchie's crime-comedy series "The Gentlemen."
  • C. Yao Chen
    Yao Chen is a prominent Chinese actress and philanthropist known for her influential social media presence and advocacy on social issues.
  • D. Greg Yang
    Greg Yang is a mathematician and AI researcher known for his work on the theoretical foundations of deep learning and his role at xAI.
  • E. Langche Zeng
    Langche Zeng is a political scientist and quantitative methodologist known for his collaborative work with Gary King on statistical methods in social science research.
  • 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: Daniel Zhang
Triple: [Alibaba Group, formerCEO, Daniel Zhang]
Generated description
Daniel Zhang is a Chinese business executive best known for leading Alibaba Group through a major period of global expansion and for creating the Singles’ Day shopping festival.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Zhang
Target entity description: Daniel Zhang is a Chinese business executive best known for leading Alibaba Group through a major period of global expansion and for creating the Singles’ Day shopping festival.
  • A. John Cheng
    John Cheng is a film producer best known for his work on the dark comedy movie "Horrible Bosses."
  • B. Jason Wong
    Jason Wong is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including his appearance in Guy Ritchie's crime-comedy series "The Gentlemen."
  • C. Yao Chen
    Yao Chen is a prominent Chinese actress and philanthropist known for her influential social media presence and advocacy on social issues.
  • D. Greg Yang
    Greg Yang is a mathematician and AI researcher known for his work on the theoretical foundations of deep learning and his role at xAI.
  • E. Langche Zeng
    Langche Zeng is a political scientist and quantitative methodologist known for his collaborative work with Gary King on statistical methods in social science research.
  • 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_69a8871289048190b00b0d7744b7b2b1 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb3f9a87c8190816db3888787ad76 completed March 7, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0327600c8190adb057b596a84bca completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03b41dcc81909b4439006bdffc64 completed March 8, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0445a9608190918a7bd45b9bf999 completed March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.