Triple
T4268935
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shanghai Express |
E96891
|
entity |
| Predicate | leadCharacter |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shanghai Lily
Shanghai Lily is the sophisticated and enigmatic female protagonist portrayed by Marlene Dietrich in the 1932 film "Shanghai Express."
|
E426108
|
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: Shanghai Lily | Statement: [Shanghai Express, leadCharacter, Shanghai Lily]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shanghai Lily Context triple: [Shanghai Express, leadCharacter, Shanghai Lily]
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A.
The Plum Blossom
"The Plum Blossom" is a track from the 1989 album *China* by electronic music composer Vangelis, known for its atmospheric, synthesizer-driven evocation of East Asian themes.
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B.
The Flower of Shanghai
The Flower of Shanghai is a popular nickname for Shanghai Shenhua F.C., one of China's most historic and passionately supported professional football clubs.
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C.
Lady Wang
Lady Wang was a Ming dynasty noblewoman best known as the consort of the Taichang Emperor and the mother of the Tianqi Emperor.
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D.
Daughter of Shanghai
Daughter of Shanghai is a 1937 crime drama film starring Anna May Wong that is notable for its rare early Hollywood portrayal of a Chinese American heroine in a leading, heroic role.
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E.
Lili
Lili is a 1953 musical fantasy film starring Leslie Caron as a naive orphan who joins a carnival and forms a touching bond with a puppeteer.
- 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: Shanghai Lily Triple: [Shanghai Express, leadCharacter, Shanghai Lily]
Generated description
Shanghai Lily is the sophisticated and enigmatic female protagonist portrayed by Marlene Dietrich in the 1932 film "Shanghai Express."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shanghai Lily Target entity description: Shanghai Lily is the sophisticated and enigmatic female protagonist portrayed by Marlene Dietrich in the 1932 film "Shanghai Express."
-
A.
The Plum Blossom
"The Plum Blossom" is a track from the 1989 album *China* by electronic music composer Vangelis, known for its atmospheric, synthesizer-driven evocation of East Asian themes.
-
B.
The Flower of Shanghai
The Flower of Shanghai is a popular nickname for Shanghai Shenhua F.C., one of China's most historic and passionately supported professional football clubs.
-
C.
Lady Wang
Lady Wang was a Ming dynasty noblewoman best known as the consort of the Taichang Emperor and the mother of the Tianqi Emperor.
-
D.
Daughter of Shanghai
Daughter of Shanghai is a 1937 crime drama film starring Anna May Wong that is notable for its rare early Hollywood portrayal of a Chinese American heroine in a leading, heroic role.
-
E.
Lili
Lili is a 1953 musical fantasy film starring Leslie Caron as a naive orphan who joins a carnival and forms a touching bond with a puppeteer.
- 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_69b34543f06c8190915ebb1a4574ffa9 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34ff913608190b6ccf4a85057b07b |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5b79fe8c08190b4a9e4812babc78e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5b8f79a7081909a09e9a7e4241472 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5b967dabc8190913a37a866bb1c9d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:39 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:07 p.m.