Triple

T3224520
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Li Hongzhang E67591 entity
Predicate heldPosition P8 FINISHED
Object Viceroy of Zhili
The Viceroy of Zhili was one of the highest-ranking regional governorships in late imperial China, overseeing the strategically vital Zhili (Hebei) region surrounding Beijing and wielding significant military and civil authority.
E337217 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: Viceroy of Zhili | Statement: [Li Hongzhang, heldPosition, Viceroy of Zhili]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viceroy of Zhili
Context triple: [Li Hongzhang, heldPosition, Viceroy of Zhili]
  • A. Zongnan
    Zongnan is the given name of Hu Zongnan, a prominent Nationalist Chinese general active during the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • B. Zhang Zuolin
    Zhang Zuolin was a powerful Chinese warlord who controlled Manchuria and led the Fengtian clique during the turbulent Warlord Era of the early 20th century.
  • C. Viceroy
    Viceroy is a cigarette brand historically marketed by Brown & Williamson and known for being one of the first filter-tipped cigarettes.
  • D. Viceroy
    The Viceroy was the monarch’s chief representative and de facto executive ruler in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, governing the state on behalf of the emperor.
  • E. Viceroy
    Viceroy is a famously rare and highly prized tulip variety that became emblematic of the speculative frenzy and extreme prices of the 17th-century Dutch Tulip Mania.
  • 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: Viceroy of Zhili
Triple: [Li Hongzhang, heldPosition, Viceroy of Zhili]
Generated description
The Viceroy of Zhili was one of the highest-ranking regional governorships in late imperial China, overseeing the strategically vital Zhili (Hebei) region surrounding Beijing and wielding significant military and civil authority.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viceroy of Zhili
Target entity description: The Viceroy of Zhili was one of the highest-ranking regional governorships in late imperial China, overseeing the strategically vital Zhili (Hebei) region surrounding Beijing and wielding significant military and civil authority.
  • A. Zongnan
    Zongnan is the given name of Hu Zongnan, a prominent Nationalist Chinese general active during the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • B. Zhang Zuolin
    Zhang Zuolin was a powerful Chinese warlord who controlled Manchuria and led the Fengtian clique during the turbulent Warlord Era of the early 20th century.
  • C. Viceroy
    The Viceroy was the monarch’s chief representative and de facto executive ruler in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, governing the state on behalf of the emperor.
  • D. Viceroy
    Viceroy is a cigarette brand historically marketed by Brown & Williamson and known for being one of the first filter-tipped cigarettes.
  • E. Viceroy
    Viceroy is a famously rare and highly prized tulip variety that became emblematic of the speculative frenzy and extreme prices of the 17th-century Dutch Tulip Mania.
  • 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_69ad858c61888190a31196310d9b30b5 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adae1ae8f08190880d0f0e8539cdbc completed March 8, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2625eaa708190b23ca6e575d664a2 completed March 12, 2026, 6:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b264e25bd48190978a289565854297 completed March 12, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b265cd3fcc8190bc56bbf2de229386 completed March 12, 2026, 7:05 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.