Triple
T5233132
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Legalism |
E118155
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorThinker |
P9261
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shang Yang
Shang Yang was an influential Chinese statesman and philosopher of the Warring States period whose reforms in the state of Qin laid the foundations for Legalist political theory and the eventual unification of China.
|
E504995
|
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: Shang Yang | Statement: [Legalism, majorThinker, Shang Yang]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shang Yang Context triple: [Legalism, majorThinker, Shang Yang]
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A.
Cai Chang
Cai Chang was a prominent Chinese communist revolutionary and early feminist leader who played a key role in the women’s movement in 20th-century China.
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B.
King Wuling of Zhao
King Wuling of Zhao was a reformist ruler of the State of Zhao during China’s Warring States period, best known for introducing military and cultural reforms such as the adoption of nomadic-style cavalry warfare.
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C.
Qin Bangxian
Qin Bangxian, better known by his alias Bo Gu, was a prominent early leader and theoretician of the Chinese Communist Party who played a key role in its revolutionary activities during the 1930s.
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D.
Li Si
Li Si was a powerful Chinese statesman and legalist philosopher who served as chancellor under Qin Shi Huang and played a key role in the unification and centralization of China.
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E.
Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of a unified China, known for centralizing power, standardizing laws, writing, and currency, and initiating massive projects like the Great Wall and his famed terracotta army.
- 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: Shang Yang Triple: [Legalism, majorThinker, Shang Yang]
Generated description
Shang Yang was an influential Chinese statesman and philosopher of the Warring States period whose reforms in the state of Qin laid the foundations for Legalist political theory and the eventual unification of China.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shang Yang Target entity description: Shang Yang was an influential Chinese statesman and philosopher of the Warring States period whose reforms in the state of Qin laid the foundations for Legalist political theory and the eventual unification of China.
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A.
Cai Chang
Cai Chang was a prominent Chinese communist revolutionary and early feminist leader who played a key role in the women’s movement in 20th-century China.
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B.
King Wuling of Zhao
King Wuling of Zhao was a reformist ruler of the State of Zhao during China’s Warring States period, best known for introducing military and cultural reforms such as the adoption of nomadic-style cavalry warfare.
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C.
Qin Bangxian
Qin Bangxian, better known by his alias Bo Gu, was a prominent early leader and theoretician of the Chinese Communist Party who played a key role in its revolutionary activities during the 1930s.
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D.
Li Si
Li Si was a powerful Chinese statesman and legalist philosopher who served as chancellor under Qin Shi Huang and played a key role in the unification and centralization of China.
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E.
Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of a unified China, known for centralizing power, standardizing laws, writing, and currency, and initiating massive projects like the Great Wall and his famed terracotta army.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: majorThinker Context triple: [Legalism, majorThinker, Shang Yang]
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A.
hasThinkTank
Indicates that an entity is associated with, supported by, or operates a think tank as part of its activities or structure.
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B.
discussesThinker
Indicates that one entity engages in discussion or analysis about a particular thinker or philosopher.
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C.
master
Indicates that one entity has authoritative control, ownership, or primary dominance over another entity or process.
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D.
mainDebater
Indicates that an entity serves as the primary or lead participant in a debate or argumentative exchange.
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E.
mainIdeologue
chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as the primary theorist or chief ideological architect behind another entity’s beliefs, policies, or movement.
- 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_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_69bef8154940819098ed76e14804f4b3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bef8bfcd1c819090b81f8ebb097c5b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bef95e7ce48190a1ec2fc27ce37d00 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:02 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69bd77bf1ef08190bb3487b3f3ee088c |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:49 p.m.