Triple

T2563033
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chan Buddhism E57285 entity
Predicate associatedMonk P39343 FINISHED
Object Shitou Xiqian
Shitou Xiqian was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master, renowned for his poetic teachings and as a key figure in the development of the Caodong/Sōtō Zen lineage.
 E277423 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: Shitou Xiqian | Statement: [Chan Buddhism, associatedMonk, Shitou Xiqian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shitou Xiqian
Context triple: [Chan Buddhism, associatedMonk, Shitou Xiqian]
  • A. Xuan
    Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
  • B. Yìxiān
    Yìxiān is the courtesy name of Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary leader often regarded as the founding father of modern China.
  • C. Shi
    Shi is a Chinese surname historically associated with members of the Jewish community in Kaifeng, China.
  • D. Xiaochang
    Xiaochang is a county in Hubei Province, China, known historically as a rural mission and teaching post where figures like Eric Liddell worked.
  • E. Xinan Guanhua
    Xinan Guanhua is a major regional variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken across much of southwestern China, including provinces such as Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou.
  • 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: Shitou Xiqian
Triple: [Chan Buddhism, associatedMonk, Shitou Xiqian]
Generated description
Shitou Xiqian was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master, renowned for his poetic teachings and as a key figure in the development of the Caodong/Sōtō Zen lineage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shitou Xiqian
Target entity description: Shitou Xiqian was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master, renowned for his poetic teachings and as a key figure in the development of the Caodong/Sōtō Zen lineage.
  • A. Xuan
    Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
  • B. Yìxiān
    Yìxiān is the courtesy name of Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary leader often regarded as the founding father of modern China.
  • C. Shi
    Shi is a Chinese surname historically associated with members of the Jewish community in Kaifeng, China.
  • D. Xiaochang
    Xiaochang is a county in Hubei Province, China, known historically as a rural mission and teaching post where figures like Eric Liddell worked.
  • E. Xinan Guanhua
    Xinan Guanhua is a major regional variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken across much of southwestern China, including provinces such as Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou.
  • 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_69ab4a4ef9008190a0e6d4422b9418b7 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd8317b0481908d6d1436732253b2 completed March 7, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af5d264db481908e9dc3b5e2e8260a completed March 9, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af5dc8aca48190b359526bf60f79ce completed March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5e781360819080b4b96942beb17d completed March 9, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.