Triple

T4815885
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tōdai-ji E107585 entity
Predicate guardianStatues P1646 FINISHED
Object wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō)
Wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō) are a pair of fierce, muscular guardian deities carved from wood that stand at the Great South Gate of Tōdai-ji temple in Nara, Japan, protecting the sacred precincts from evil.
E472447 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō) | Statement: [Tōdai-ji, guardianStatues, wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō)
Context triple: [Tōdai-ji, guardianStatues, wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō)]
  • A. Nanko-kita
    Nanko-kita is a district within Osaka’s artificial Sakishima Island area, known for its waterfront urban development and commercial facilities.
  • B. Takano no Niigasa
    Takano no Niigasa was an 8th-century Japanese noblewoman of Baekje (Korean) descent who became a consort of Emperor Kōnin and is historically notable as the grandmother of Emperor Kanmu, under whom the Heian period began.
  • C. Kaga lacquerware
    Kaga lacquerware is a traditional Japanese craft from the former Kaga Province, renowned for its richly decorated lacquer objects featuring intricate designs and refined techniques.
  • D. Funaki
    Funaki is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Olympic gold medal-winning ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki.
  • E. Nisshoki
    Nisshoki, more commonly known as the Hinomaru, is the national flag of Japan featuring a red sun disc centered on a white field.
  • 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: wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō)
Triple: [Tōdai-ji, guardianStatues, wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō)]
Generated description
Wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō) are a pair of fierce, muscular guardian deities carved from wood that stand at the Great South Gate of Tōdai-ji temple in Nara, Japan, protecting the sacred precincts from evil.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō)
Target entity description: Wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō) are a pair of fierce, muscular guardian deities carved from wood that stand at the Great South Gate of Tōdai-ji temple in Nara, Japan, protecting the sacred precincts from evil.
  • A. Nanko-kita
    Nanko-kita is a district within Osaka’s artificial Sakishima Island area, known for its waterfront urban development and commercial facilities.
  • B. Takano no Niigasa
    Takano no Niigasa was an 8th-century Japanese noblewoman of Baekje (Korean) descent who became a consort of Emperor Kōnin and is historically notable as the grandmother of Emperor Kanmu, under whom the Heian period began.
  • C. Kaga lacquerware
    Kaga lacquerware is a traditional Japanese craft from the former Kaga Province, renowned for its richly decorated lacquer objects featuring intricate designs and refined techniques.
  • D. Funaki
    Funaki is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Olympic gold medal-winning ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki.
  • E. Nisshoki
    Nisshoki, more commonly known as the Hinomaru, is the national flag of Japan featuring a red sun disc centered on a white field.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: guardianStatues
Context triple: [Tōdai-ji, guardianStatues, wooden Nio (Agyō and Ungyō)]
  • A. statueName
    Indicates that a statue has a specific name or title associated with it.
  • B. hasStatue chosen
    Indicates that one entity possesses, contains, or is associated with a statue representing or located within it.
  • C. statueSubjectRequirement
    Indicates that a statue must depict or be associated with a specific required subject or type of subject.
  • D. statueHeight
    Indicates the height measurement of a statue in some specified unit.
  • E. guardian
    Indicates a protective or custodial relationship in which one entity is responsible for the care, safety, or oversight of another.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69bd43f9efa081908314cb3e94fa1695 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6ddd17d881909f7731ff2b460e83 completed March 20, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be4db5652081909af5ef92df72c221 completed March 21, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be4e4d3d608190837c5808f2f17aa4 completed March 21, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be4f107e7c8190aec4a7bcf0520ec9 completed March 21, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69bd6c1dfa3481909d240d50ed0ee38c completed March 20, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.