Triple

T5680112
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tao Te Ching E125179 entity
Predicate mainSubject P3 FINISHED
Object Tao
Tao is the central, ineffable principle in Chinese philosophy and religion, especially Taoism, representing the fundamental way or path underlying the universe and natural order.
 E542483 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: Tao | Statement: [Tao Te Ching, mainSubject, Tao]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tao
Context triple: [Tao Te Ching, mainSubject, Tao]
  • A. Tao
    Tao is a Chinese surname shared by numerous individuals, including the renowned mathematician Terence Tao.
  • B. Tao-Klarjeti
    Tao-Klarjeti is a medieval Georgian historical region known as a major political, cultural, and religious center of early Georgian statehood and Christian monastic life.
  • C. taiji (Great Ultimate)
    Taiji (the Great Ultimate) is a central Neo-Confucian metaphysical principle, especially in Zhu Xi’s philosophy, signifying the ultimate source and organizing pattern of all reality and cosmic order.
  • D. Heaven (Shangdi)
    Heaven (Shangdi) is the supreme sky deity in traditional Chinese religion, revered as the highest divine authority overseeing the cosmos, moral order, and the mandate of emperors.
  • E. Yami (Tao)
    Yami (Tao) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tao people of Orchid Island, Taiwan, known for its distinct phonology and close relation to the Batanic languages of the Philippines.
  • 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: Tao
Triple: [Tao Te Ching, mainSubject, Tao]
Generated description
Tao is the central, ineffable principle in Chinese philosophy and religion, especially Taoism, representing the fundamental way or path underlying the universe and natural order.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tao
Target entity description: Tao is the central, ineffable principle in Chinese philosophy and religion, especially Taoism, representing the fundamental way or path underlying the universe and natural order.
  • A. Tao
    Tao is a Chinese surname shared by numerous individuals, including the renowned mathematician Terence Tao.
  • B. Tao-Klarjeti
    Tao-Klarjeti is a medieval Georgian historical region known as a major political, cultural, and religious center of early Georgian statehood and Christian monastic life.
  • C. taiji (Great Ultimate)
    Taiji (the Great Ultimate) is a central Neo-Confucian metaphysical principle, especially in Zhu Xi’s philosophy, signifying the ultimate source and organizing pattern of all reality and cosmic order.
  • D. Heaven (Shangdi)
    Heaven (Shangdi) is the supreme sky deity in traditional Chinese religion, revered as the highest divine authority overseeing the cosmos, moral order, and the mandate of emperors.
  • E. Yami (Tao)
    Yami (Tao) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tao people of Orchid Island, Taiwan, known for its distinct phonology and close relation to the Batanic languages of the Philippines.
  • 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_69c0082a884c8190a79001bae658941f completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c023960ecc819080a97a37be80c01f completed March 22, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c05a3211b08190868811db3d5268b1 completed March 22, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05be7f7cc8190bb1f8081289c5e02 completed March 22, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c06209c3588190a6ededf9c198d5c5 completed March 22, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:44 p.m.