Triple
T2320582
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Self-Strengthening Movement |
E51169
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyFigure |
P256
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Zeng Guofan
Zeng Guofan was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, military leader, and Confucian scholar best known for organizing the Xiang Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion and for spearheading early modernization efforts in China.
|
E256151
|
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: Zeng Guofan | Statement: [Self-Strengthening Movement, keyFigure, Zeng Guofan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zeng Guofan Context triple: [Self-Strengthening Movement, keyFigure, Zeng Guofan]
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A.
Li Hongzhang
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.
Sheng Xuanhuai
Sheng Xuanhuai was a late Qing dynasty Chinese industrialist and statesman who played a key role in China's early modernization, particularly in industry, commerce, and education.
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C.
Feng Guozhang
Feng Guozhang was a prominent early Republican Chinese military and political leader, associated with the Beiyang clique and known for briefly serving as President of the Republic of China.
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D.
Tang Shengzhi
Tang Shengzhi was a Chinese Nationalist general best known for his controversial leadership during the Second Sino-Japanese War, particularly in the defense and fall of Nanjing in 1937.
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E.
Teng Daiyuan
Teng Daiyuan was a prominent Chinese Communist revolutionary and military leader who played a key role in the early development of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Republic of China.
- 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: Zeng Guofan Triple: [Self-Strengthening Movement, keyFigure, Zeng Guofan]
Generated description
Zeng Guofan was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, military leader, and Confucian scholar best known for organizing the Xiang Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion and for spearheading early modernization efforts in China.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zeng Guofan Target entity description: Zeng Guofan was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, military leader, and Confucian scholar best known for organizing the Xiang Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion and for spearheading early modernization efforts in China.
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A.
Li Hongzhang
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.
Sheng Xuanhuai
Sheng Xuanhuai was a late Qing dynasty Chinese industrialist and statesman who played a key role in China's early modernization, particularly in industry, commerce, and education.
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C.
Feng Guozhang
Feng Guozhang was a prominent early Republican Chinese military and political leader, associated with the Beiyang clique and known for briefly serving as President of the Republic of China.
-
D.
Tang Shengzhi
Tang Shengzhi was a Chinese Nationalist general best known for his controversial leadership during the Second Sino-Japanese War, particularly in the defense and fall of Nanjing in 1937.
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E.
Teng Daiyuan
Teng Daiyuan was a prominent Chinese Communist revolutionary and military leader who played a key role in the early development of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Republic of China.
- 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_69a88b074b908190ae983dbca7757d88 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc632474c8190972b4611a3a4ff8f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae896911908190b53954dbf854cc18 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae8d2dcc8081908d4274b2287ff2b8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae8d786a648190acf0a14e0d4a120c |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:06 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.