Triple

T3865617
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tanggula Mountains E91844 entity
Predicate crossedBy P416 FINISHED
Object Qinghai–Tibet Railway
The Qinghai–Tibet Railway is a high-altitude rail line in China that connects Xining in Qinghai Province to Lhasa in Tibet, renowned for traversing some of the world’s highest terrain and permafrost regions.
E395904 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: Qinghai–Tibet Railway | Statement: [Tanggula Mountains, crossedBy, Qinghai–Tibet Railway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qinghai–Tibet Railway
Context triple: [Tanggula Mountains, crossedBy, Qinghai–Tibet Railway]
  • A. Longhai Railway
    Longhai Railway is a major east–west rail corridor in China that connects key cities across several provinces and serves as an important artery for national transportation and commerce.
  • B. Beijing–Guangzhou Railway
    The Beijing–Guangzhou Railway is one of China’s longest and most important north–south trunk rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major southern metropolis of Guangzhou and serving numerous key cities along its route.
  • C. Shanghai–Kunming railway
    The Shanghai–Kunming railway is a major east–west trunk line in China that connects the coastal metropolis of Shanghai with the southwestern city of Kunming, traversing several key provinces and economic regions.
  • D. Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway
    The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway is a major high-speed rail corridor in China that connects the capital Beijing with the economic hub Shanghai, significantly reducing travel time between the two megacities.
  • E. Beijing–Shanghai railway
    The Beijing–Shanghai railway is one of China’s most important conventional rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major economic hub of Shanghai and serving numerous key cities along its route.
  • 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: Qinghai–Tibet Railway
Triple: [Tanggula Mountains, crossedBy, Qinghai–Tibet Railway]
Generated description
The Qinghai–Tibet Railway is a high-altitude rail line in China that connects Xining in Qinghai Province to Lhasa in Tibet, renowned for traversing some of the world’s highest terrain and permafrost regions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qinghai–Tibet Railway
Target entity description: The Qinghai–Tibet Railway is a high-altitude rail line in China that connects Xining in Qinghai Province to Lhasa in Tibet, renowned for traversing some of the world’s highest terrain and permafrost regions.
  • A. Longhai Railway
    Longhai Railway is a major east–west rail corridor in China that connects key cities across several provinces and serves as an important artery for national transportation and commerce.
  • B. Beijing–Guangzhou Railway
    The Beijing–Guangzhou Railway is one of China’s longest and most important north–south trunk rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major southern metropolis of Guangzhou and serving numerous key cities along its route.
  • C. Shanghai–Kunming railway
    The Shanghai–Kunming railway is a major east–west trunk line in China that connects the coastal metropolis of Shanghai with the southwestern city of Kunming, traversing several key provinces and economic regions.
  • D. Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway
    The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway is a major high-speed rail corridor in China that connects the capital Beijing with the economic hub Shanghai, significantly reducing travel time between the two megacities.
  • E. Beijing–Shanghai railway
    The Beijing–Shanghai railway is one of China’s most important conventional rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major economic hub of Shanghai and serving numerous key cities along its route.
  • 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_69aed9645f348190a9868e7cef56ab7e completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec3a253c81909df7dc0422ff7989 completed March 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5123e5e008190a89bb226a7de55ec completed March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b512f3504c8190be940148a4f726e9 completed March 14, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5172b369c8190956d7c54943225cd completed March 14, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:19 p.m.