Triple
T3645756
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nishi Amane |
E77295
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Meiji intellectuals
Meiji intellectuals were a generation of Japanese thinkers and scholars who, during the Meiji era (1868–1912), played a central role in modernizing Japan by introducing, debating, and adapting Western ideas in philosophy, law, politics, and education.
|
E323469
|
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: Meiji intellectuals | Statement: [Nishi Amane, influenced, Meiji intellectuals]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meiji intellectuals Context triple: [Nishi Amane, influenced, Meiji intellectuals]
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A.
Meiji oligarchy
The Meiji oligarchy was the small group of powerful statesmen and former samurai who effectively ruled Japan during the Meiji era, driving its rapid modernization and transformation into a centralized, industrialized nation-state.
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B.
Yoshida Shōin
Yoshida Shōin was a pioneering late-Edo Japanese intellectual and activist whose radical political thought and teaching inspired many key leaders of the Meiji Restoration.
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C.
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi was a leading 19th-century Japanese intellectual, educator, and writer who championed Western learning and modernization during the Meiji era.
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D.
Iwakura Mission
The Iwakura Mission was a landmark 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic and fact-finding tour of the United States and Europe that aimed to renegotiate unequal treaties and study Western institutions to guide Japan’s modernization.
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E.
Meiji era
The Meiji era was a transformative period in Japanese history (1868–1912) marked by rapid modernization, industrialization, and the establishment of Western-style political, educational, and social institutions.
- 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: Meiji intellectuals Triple: [Nishi Amane, influenced, Meiji intellectuals]
Generated description
Meiji intellectuals were a generation of Japanese thinkers and scholars who, during the Meiji era (1868–1912), played a central role in modernizing Japan by introducing, debating, and adapting Western ideas in philosophy, law, politics, and education.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meiji intellectuals Target entity description: Meiji intellectuals were a generation of Japanese thinkers and scholars who, during the Meiji era (1868–1912), played a central role in modernizing Japan by introducing, debating, and adapting Western ideas in philosophy, law, politics, and education.
-
A.
Meiji oligarchy
The Meiji oligarchy was the small group of powerful statesmen and former samurai who effectively ruled Japan during the Meiji era, driving its rapid modernization and transformation into a centralized, industrialized nation-state.
-
B.
Yoshida Shōin
Yoshida Shōin was a pioneering late-Edo Japanese intellectual and activist whose radical political thought and teaching inspired many key leaders of the Meiji Restoration.
-
C.
Fukuzawa Yukichi
chosen
Fukuzawa Yukichi was a leading 19th-century Japanese intellectual, educator, and writer who championed Western learning and modernization during the Meiji era.
-
D.
Iwakura Mission
The Iwakura Mission was a landmark 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic and fact-finding tour of the United States and Europe that aimed to renegotiate unequal treaties and study Western institutions to guide Japan’s modernization.
-
E.
Meiji era
The Meiji era was a transformative period in Japanese history (1868–1912) marked by rapid modernization, industrialization, and the establishment of Western-style political, educational, and social institutions.
- F. None of above.
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_69ad85de1b988190a45f8dbfebc806fc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc35da84c81908950de92ba171fa3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b44f35985081909a499f9c1668b589 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 5:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4520fb96481909f54af01fc4a3bbe |
completed | March 13, 2026, 6:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b45df65f5c8190a9f25e7da926222a |
completed | March 13, 2026, 6:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:24 p.m.