Triple

T4571057
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tangshan E123029 entity
Predicate event P1664 FINISHED
Object 1976 Tangshan earthquake
The 1976 Tangshan earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.5 earthquake in northeastern China that killed hundreds of thousands of people and became one of the deadliest earthquakes in recorded history.
E454162 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: 1976 Tangshan earthquake | Statement: [Tangshan, event, 1976 Tangshan earthquake]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1976 Tangshan earthquake
Context triple: [Tangshan, event, 1976 Tangshan earthquake]
  • A. 1946 Nankai earthquake
    The 1946 Nankai earthquake was a powerful megathrust earthquake off the coast of southwestern Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused widespread damage and casualties in the Nankai region.
  • B. Great Kanto earthquake
    The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
  • C. 1966 Tashkent earthquake
    The 1966 Tashkent earthquake was a powerful seismic event that devastated much of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, leading to widespread destruction and a massive Soviet-era reconstruction of the city.
  • D. 1944 Tonankai earthquake
    The 1944 Tonankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Tōkai and Kii Peninsula regions during World War II.
  • E. Great Hanshin earthquake
    The Great Hanshin earthquake was a devastating 1995 seismic disaster in Japan that caused widespread destruction and loss of life, particularly in the city of Kobe.
  • 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: 1976 Tangshan earthquake
Triple: [Tangshan, event, 1976 Tangshan earthquake]
Generated description
The 1976 Tangshan earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.5 earthquake in northeastern China that killed hundreds of thousands of people and became one of the deadliest earthquakes in recorded history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1976 Tangshan earthquake
Target entity description: The 1976 Tangshan earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.5 earthquake in northeastern China that killed hundreds of thousands of people and became one of the deadliest earthquakes in recorded history.
  • A. 1946 Nankai earthquake
    The 1946 Nankai earthquake was a powerful megathrust earthquake off the coast of southwestern Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused widespread damage and casualties in the Nankai region.
  • B. Great Kanto earthquake
    The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
  • C. 1966 Tashkent earthquake
    The 1966 Tashkent earthquake was a powerful seismic event that devastated much of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, leading to widespread destruction and a massive Soviet-era reconstruction of the city.
  • D. 1944 Tonankai earthquake
    The 1944 Tonankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Tōkai and Kii Peninsula regions during World War II.
  • E. Great Hanshin earthquake
    The Great Hanshin earthquake was a devastating 1995 seismic disaster in Japan that caused widespread destruction and loss of life, particularly in the city of Kobe.
  • 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_69bd46466c7081909d07f36be2d08804 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd58c5afa48190bb8505e2cc16e89f completed March 20, 2026, 2:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdd3cf5e10819099b2927c6f571673 completed March 20, 2026, 11:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdd7f1efd0819089410e63f853175b completed March 20, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdd86be2c48190af8011a983f26b0d completed March 20, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:10 p.m.