Triple

T4628444
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gansu Province E101155 entity
Predicate hasMajorCity P316 FINISHED
Object Tianshui
Tianshui is a historic city in eastern Gansu Province, China, known as an important stop on the ancient Silk Road and for its nearby Maijishan Grottoes.
 E463563 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: Tianshui | Statement: [Gansu Province, hasMajorCity, Tianshui]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tianshui
Context triple: [Gansu Province, hasMajorCity, Tianshui]
  • A. Lanzhou
    Lanzhou is a major city in northwestern China and the capital of Gansu Province, known historically as a key hub on the ancient Silk Road.
  • B. Weinan
    Weinan is a prefecture-level city in eastern Shaanxi Province, China, known for its historical sites and location near the Wei River.
  • C. Jianyang
    Jianyang is a county-level city in northern Fujian Province, China, known for its historical role in tea production and its location along the Min River.
  • D. Yulin
    Yulin is a prefecture-level city in southeastern China known for its role as a regional commercial hub and for its controversial annual dog meat festival.
  • E. Yulin
    Yulin is a prefecture-level city in northern China known for its coal resources and location on the Loess Plateau near the border with Inner Mongolia.
  • 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: Tianshui
Triple: [Gansu Province, hasMajorCity, Tianshui]
Generated description
Tianshui is a historic city in eastern Gansu Province, China, known as an important stop on the ancient Silk Road and for its nearby Maijishan Grottoes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tianshui
Target entity description: Tianshui is a historic city in eastern Gansu Province, China, known as an important stop on the ancient Silk Road and for its nearby Maijishan Grottoes.
  • A. Lanzhou
    Lanzhou is a major city in northwestern China and the capital of Gansu Province, known historically as a key hub on the ancient Silk Road.
  • B. Weinan
    Weinan is a prefecture-level city in eastern Shaanxi Province, China, known for its historical sites and location near the Wei River.
  • C. Jianyang
    Jianyang is a county-level city in northern Fujian Province, China, known for its historical role in tea production and its location along the Min River.
  • D. Yulin
    Yulin is a prefecture-level city in southeastern China known for its role as a regional commercial hub and for its controversial annual dog meat festival.
  • E. Yulin
    Yulin is a prefecture-level city in northern China known for its coal resources and location on the Loess Plateau near the border with Inner Mongolia.
  • 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_69bd43d0497c8190ac23c65c5804846a completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5a300e6081909fa9f504aada33ea completed March 20, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be10330b608190a82e67ceac3b34b7 completed March 21, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be10dca6e88190bb453403571bbdf6 completed March 21, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be113fd1808190bdb3a047fd361fbb completed March 21, 2026, 3:32 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.