Triple

T2993631
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Japanese occupation of Guangzhou E81013 entity
Predicate hasCause P708 FINISHED
Object Japanese invasion of South China
The Japanese invasion of South China was a major World War II military campaign in which Imperial Japan advanced into and seized key southern Chinese regions, including Guangdong and Guangxi, to secure strategic ports and resources and to weaken Chinese resistance.
E323811 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: Japanese invasion of South China | Statement: [Japanese occupation of Guangzhou, hasCause, Japanese invasion of South China]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese invasion of South China
Context triple: [Japanese occupation of Guangzhou, hasCause, Japanese invasion of South China]
  • A. Japanese occupation of North China
    The Japanese occupation of North China was the period during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Imperial Japan seized and controlled large areas of northern China, imposing military rule and exploiting the region’s resources and population.
  • B. Japanese occupation of China
    The Japanese occupation of China was a prolonged period during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II when Imperial Japan seized and controlled large areas of Chinese territory, marked by widespread military aggression and atrocities against civilians.
  • C. Japanese occupation of Manchuria
    The Japanese occupation of Manchuria was Japan’s 1931–1932 military seizure and establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China, marking a major early step in its expansionist aggression in East Asia.
  • D. Japanese occupation of Hainan
    The Japanese occupation of Hainan was a World War II-era military takeover and control of China's Hainan Island by Imperial Japan, marked by strategic use of the island as a base and widespread repression of the local population.
  • E. Japanese occupation of French Indochina
    The Japanese occupation of French Indochina was the World War II-era military control and administration imposed by Imperial Japan over Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, which undermined French colonial rule and helped set the stage for postwar independence movements.
  • 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: Japanese invasion of South China
Triple: [Japanese occupation of Guangzhou, hasCause, Japanese invasion of South China]
Generated description
The Japanese invasion of South China was a major World War II military campaign in which Imperial Japan advanced into and seized key southern Chinese regions, including Guangdong and Guangxi, to secure strategic ports and resources and to weaken Chinese resistance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese invasion of South China
Target entity description: The Japanese invasion of South China was a major World War II military campaign in which Imperial Japan advanced into and seized key southern Chinese regions, including Guangdong and Guangxi, to secure strategic ports and resources and to weaken Chinese resistance.
  • A. Japanese occupation of North China
    The Japanese occupation of North China was the period during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Imperial Japan seized and controlled large areas of northern China, imposing military rule and exploiting the region’s resources and population.
  • B. Japanese occupation of China
    The Japanese occupation of China was a prolonged period during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II when Imperial Japan seized and controlled large areas of Chinese territory, marked by widespread military aggression and atrocities against civilians.
  • C. Japanese occupation of Manchuria
    The Japanese occupation of Manchuria was Japan’s 1931–1932 military seizure and establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China, marking a major early step in its expansionist aggression in East Asia.
  • D. Japanese occupation of Hainan
    The Japanese occupation of Hainan was a World War II-era military takeover and control of China's Hainan Island by Imperial Japan, marked by strategic use of the island as a base and widespread repression of the local population.
  • E. Japanese occupation of French Indochina
    The Japanese occupation of French Indochina was the World War II-era military control and administration imposed by Imperial Japan over Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, which undermined French colonial rule and helped set the stage for postwar independence movements.
  • 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_69ad8b187fc8819085914d3c9ea3142d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99e291e0819089f81c0a7d7a6cd9 completed March 8, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1eee1433c8190bdee291c12feeceb completed March 11, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1f33537c4819099b59c7d72a2caed completed March 11, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1f36df0688190bdb33da448543404 completed March 11, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.