Triple

T3224548
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Li Hongzhang E67591 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Tianjin Machine Factory
Tianjin Machine Factory was a key late Qing dynasty industrial enterprise in Tianjin, China, established as part of Li Hongzhang’s efforts to modernize the country’s military and industrial capabilities.
 E337220 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: Tianjin Machine Factory | Statement: [Li Hongzhang, founded, Tianjin Machine Factory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tianjin Machine Factory
Context triple: [Li Hongzhang, founded, Tianjin Machine Factory]
  • A. Jiangnan Arsenal
    Jiangnan Arsenal was a major 19th-century Chinese industrial and military complex in Shanghai that produced modern weapons and machinery as part of Qing China's early modernization efforts.
  • B. Tsinan
    Tsinan is an older romanized name for Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in eastern China known for its numerous natural springs.
  • C. Jinling
    Jinling is an ancient name for the Chinese city now known as Nanjing, historically renowned as a major political and cultural center.
  • D. Mukden Arsenal
    Mukden Arsenal was a major Japanese Imperial Army weapons manufacturing facility in Manchuria, known for producing small arms and artillery during the early to mid-20th century.
  • E. Nanyuan
    Nanyuan is a locality in Beijing, China, situated within the city's Fengtai District.
  • 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: Tianjin Machine Factory
Triple: [Li Hongzhang, founded, Tianjin Machine Factory]
Generated description
Tianjin Machine Factory was a key late Qing dynasty industrial enterprise in Tianjin, China, established as part of Li Hongzhang’s efforts to modernize the country’s military and industrial capabilities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tianjin Machine Factory
Target entity description: Tianjin Machine Factory was a key late Qing dynasty industrial enterprise in Tianjin, China, established as part of Li Hongzhang’s efforts to modernize the country’s military and industrial capabilities.
  • A. Jiangnan Arsenal
    Jiangnan Arsenal was a major 19th-century Chinese industrial and military complex in Shanghai that produced modern weapons and machinery as part of Qing China's early modernization efforts.
  • B. Tsinan
    Tsinan is an older romanized name for Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in eastern China known for its numerous natural springs.
  • C. Jinling
    Jinling is an ancient name for the Chinese city now known as Nanjing, historically renowned as a major political and cultural center.
  • D. Mukden Arsenal
    Mukden Arsenal was a major Japanese Imperial Army weapons manufacturing facility in Manchuria, known for producing small arms and artillery during the early to mid-20th century.
  • E. Nanyuan
    Nanyuan is a locality in Beijing, China, situated within the city's Fengtai District.
  • 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.