Triple

T256012
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Hong Kong E5438 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Sakai Takashi
Sakai Takashi was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading Japanese forces during the early Pacific War, including the invasion of Hong Kong.
E39900 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: Sakai Takashi | Statement: [Battle of Hong Kong, commander, Sakai Takashi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sakai Takashi
Context triple: [Battle of Hong Kong, commander, Sakai Takashi]
  • A. Minoru Ōta
    Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
  • B. Jirō Minami
    Jirō Minami was a Japanese general and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Korea during the later period of Japanese rule.
  • C. Nobutaka Machimura
    Nobutaka Machimura was a prominent Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician who held key cabinet posts, including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chief Cabinet Secretary, and served as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  • D. Rikichi Tsukada
    Rikichi Tsukada was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led Japanese forces during World War II, including in the later stages of the Pacific War.
  • E. Hirofumi Yoshimura
    Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
  • 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: Sakai Takashi
Triple: [Battle of Hong Kong, commander, Sakai Takashi]
Generated description
Sakai Takashi was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading Japanese forces during the early Pacific War, including the invasion of Hong Kong.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sakai Takashi
Target entity description: Sakai Takashi was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading Japanese forces during the early Pacific War, including the invasion of Hong Kong.
  • A. Minoru Ōta
    Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
  • B. Jirō Minami
    Jirō Minami was a Japanese general and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Korea during the later period of Japanese rule.
  • C. Nobutaka Machimura
    Nobutaka Machimura was a prominent Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician who held key cabinet posts, including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chief Cabinet Secretary, and served as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  • D. Rikichi Tsukada
    Rikichi Tsukada was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led Japanese forces during World War II, including in the later stages of the Pacific War.
  • E. Hirofumi Yoshimura
    Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
  • 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_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d5669008190978bbd7308be11f7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3b46e24888190b400bf5ee8028e7c completed March 1, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3b848d4588190b209285051720c52 completed March 1, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3b8b0d0108190ae92bf7cb2cad333 completed March 1, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.