Triple

T5233078
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zhu Xi E118154 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Zhang Zai
Zhang Zai was an influential 11th-century Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Song dynasty, known for his metaphysical ideas about qi and the moral nature of the universe.
E524319 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: Zhang Zai | Statement: [Zhu Xi, influencedBy, Zhang Zai]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhang Zai
Context triple: [Zhu Xi, influencedBy, Zhang Zai]
  • A. Zhou Dunyi
    Zhou Dunyi was an 11th-century Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher whose metaphysical and ethical ideas, especially in works like "Taiji Tushuo," laid foundational groundwork for later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.
  • B. Cheng Yi
    Cheng Yi was a prominent Song dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher whose metaphysical and ethical ideas helped lay the foundations for later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.
  • C. Zhu Xi
    Zhu Xi was a 12th-century Chinese philosopher and scholar whose synthesis of Confucian thought became the foundation of Neo-Confucianism and dominated East Asian intellectual life for centuries.
  • D. Cheng Hao
    Cheng Hao was an influential 11th-century Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Song dynasty, known for developing the School of Principle alongside his brother Cheng Yi and shaping later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.
  • E. Wang Yangming
    Wang Yangming was a prominent Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, statesman, and general best known for his influential doctrine of the unity of knowledge and action and the innate moral knowledge of the mind.
  • 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: Zhang Zai
Triple: [Zhu Xi, influencedBy, Zhang Zai]
Generated description
Zhang Zai was an influential 11th-century Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Song dynasty, known for his metaphysical ideas about qi and the moral nature of the universe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhang Zai
Target entity description: Zhang Zai was an influential 11th-century Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Song dynasty, known for his metaphysical ideas about qi and the moral nature of the universe.
  • A. Zhou Dunyi
    Zhou Dunyi was an 11th-century Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher whose metaphysical and ethical ideas, especially in works like "Taiji Tushuo," laid foundational groundwork for later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.
  • B. Cheng Yi
    Cheng Yi was a prominent Song dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher whose metaphysical and ethical ideas helped lay the foundations for later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.
  • C. Zhu Xi
    Zhu Xi was a 12th-century Chinese philosopher and scholar whose synthesis of Confucian thought became the foundation of Neo-Confucianism and dominated East Asian intellectual life for centuries.
  • D. Cheng Hao
    Cheng Hao was an influential 11th-century Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Song dynasty, known for developing the School of Principle alongside his brother Cheng Yi and shaping later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.
  • E. Wang Yangming
    Wang Yangming was a prominent Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, statesman, and general best known for his influential doctrine of the unity of knowledge and action and the innate moral knowledge of the mind.
  • 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_69bd4466fb8c819083b806a79414d7e4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7b0389048190b55b7c44fe657044 completed March 20, 2026, 4:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf70c8df3c8190a15baf3ab8985305 completed March 22, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf714b65e88190b7c4e89fbc88395a completed March 22, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf71ab2f1c81909659c78546f2e698 completed March 22, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:49 p.m.