Triple

T5233184
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chinese Buddhism E118156 entity
Predicate hasSchool P113 FINISHED
Object Tiantai school
The Tiantai school is a major tradition of Chinese Buddhism known for its comprehensive doctrinal system centered on the Lotus Sutra and its synthesis of meditation and philosophical analysis.
E504997 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: Tiantai school | Statement: [Chinese Buddhism, hasSchool, Tiantai school]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tiantai school
Context triple: [Chinese Buddhism, hasSchool, Tiantai school]
  • A. Caodong school
    The Caodong school is a major Chinese Chan Buddhist tradition known for its emphasis on silent illumination meditation and later influence on the Japanese Sōtō Zen school.
  • B. Hossō school
    The Hossō school is one of the oldest Buddhist traditions in Japan, representing the East Asian Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only) philosophy and historically influential in Nara Buddhism.
  • C. Myōshin-ji school
    The Myōshin-ji school is a major branch of the Rinzai Zen Buddhist tradition in Japan, centered on the large temple complex of Myōshin-ji in Kyoto and overseeing numerous affiliated temples.
  • D. Jonang school
    The Jonang school is a distinct Tibetan Buddhist tradition known for its emphasis on the shentong (other-emptiness) view of emptiness and its preservation of advanced Kalachakra tantra practices.
  • E. Linji lineage
    The Linji lineage is a prominent school of Chan (Zen) Buddhism known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment, paradoxical dialogues, and the use of shouting and striking to jolt students into awakening.
  • 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: Tiantai school
Triple: [Chinese Buddhism, hasSchool, Tiantai school]
Generated description
The Tiantai school is a major tradition of Chinese Buddhism known for its comprehensive doctrinal system centered on the Lotus Sutra and its synthesis of meditation and philosophical analysis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tiantai school
Target entity description: The Tiantai school is a major tradition of Chinese Buddhism known for its comprehensive doctrinal system centered on the Lotus Sutra and its synthesis of meditation and philosophical analysis.
  • A. Caodong school
    The Caodong school is a major Chinese Chan Buddhist tradition known for its emphasis on silent illumination meditation and later influence on the Japanese Sōtō Zen school.
  • B. Hossō school
    The Hossō school is one of the oldest Buddhist traditions in Japan, representing the East Asian Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only) philosophy and historically influential in Nara Buddhism.
  • C. Myōshin-ji school
    The Myōshin-ji school is a major branch of the Rinzai Zen Buddhist tradition in Japan, centered on the large temple complex of Myōshin-ji in Kyoto and overseeing numerous affiliated temples.
  • D. Jonang school
    The Jonang school is a distinct Tibetan Buddhist tradition known for its emphasis on the shentong (other-emptiness) view of emptiness and its preservation of advanced Kalachakra tantra practices.
  • E. Linji lineage
    The Linji lineage is a prominent school of Chan (Zen) Buddhism known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment, paradoxical dialogues, and the use of shouting and striking to jolt students into awakening.
  • 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_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.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:49 p.m.