Triple
T2122110
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Western China |
E43946
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMajorCity |
P316
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Xining
Xining is the capital and largest city of Qinghai Province in western China, known as a key hub on the Tibetan Plateau and a historic gateway between Han Chinese and Tibetan regions.
|
E241888
|
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: Xining | Statement: [Western China, hasMajorCity, Xining]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xining Context triple: [Western China, hasMajorCity, Xining]
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A.
Yining
Yining is a city in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of far northwestern China, known for its diverse ethnic population and role as a regional trade and cultural center.
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B.
Lanzhou
Lanzhou is a major city in northwestern China and the capital of Gansu Province, known historically as a key hub on the ancient Silk Road.
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C.
Yinchuan
Yinchuan is the capital and largest city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in north-central China, known for its historical Silk Road significance and rapidly developing economy.
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D.
Urumqi
Urumqi is the capital of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, known as a major cultural and economic hub in Central Asia and one of the most inland major cities in the world.
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E.
Wuhai
Wuhai is a prefecture-level industrial city in western Inner Mongolia, China, known for its coal mining, chemical industries, and location along the Yellow River.
- 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: Xining Triple: [Western China, hasMajorCity, Xining]
Generated description
Xining is the capital and largest city of Qinghai Province in western China, known as a key hub on the Tibetan Plateau and a historic gateway between Han Chinese and Tibetan regions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xining Target entity description: Xining is the capital and largest city of Qinghai Province in western China, known as a key hub on the Tibetan Plateau and a historic gateway between Han Chinese and Tibetan regions.
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A.
Yining
Yining is a city in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of far northwestern China, known for its diverse ethnic population and role as a regional trade and cultural center.
-
B.
Lanzhou
Lanzhou is a major city in northwestern China and the capital of Gansu Province, known historically as a key hub on the ancient Silk Road.
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C.
Yinchuan
Yinchuan is the capital and largest city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in north-central China, known for its historical Silk Road significance and rapidly developing economy.
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D.
Urumqi
Urumqi is the capital of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, known as a major cultural and economic hub in Central Asia and one of the most inland major cities in the world.
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E.
Wuhai
Wuhai is a prefecture-level industrial city in western Inner Mongolia, China, known for its coal mining, chemical industries, and location along the Yellow River.
- 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_69a88717cfe48190b7ecdd68c824848a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbb51e8088190a1aeafee4e8dff63 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5d8e61d48190af0becdc5a040cd9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae5e48eefc8190b459278860bb3217 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae5ec233788190a52dc1a135f7dfb9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.