Triple

T6161532
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject I Ching E137453 entity
Predicate timePeriod P302 FINISHED
Object Western Zhou period
The Western Zhou period was an early era of Chinese history (c. 1046–771 BCE) marked by the Zhou dynasty’s establishment of a feudal order, development of classical texts, and foundational influence on later Chinese culture and philosophy.
E574163 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: Western Zhou period | Statement: [I Ching, timePeriod, Western Zhou period]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Zhou period
Context triple: [I Ching, timePeriod, Western Zhou period]
  • A. Eastern Zhou
    Eastern Zhou was the later period of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, marked by political fragmentation, intense interstate warfare, and flourishing philosophy during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras.
  • B. Zhou dynasty
    The Zhou dynasty was an ancient Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Shang, introduced the concept of the Mandate of Heaven, and laid much of the cultural and political foundation for later Chinese civilization.
  • C. Spring and Autumn period
    The Spring and Autumn period was an early phase of the Eastern Zhou dynasty in ancient China marked by the decline of royal authority, the rise of powerful regional states, and significant political, military, and philosophical developments.
  • D. Shang dynasty
    The Shang dynasty was one of ancient China’s earliest recorded dynasties, known for its bronze casting, oracle bone inscriptions, and the development of a complex state society along the Yellow River.
  • E. Later Zhou
    Later Zhou was a short-lived Chinese dynasty of the Five Dynasties period that briefly unified much of northern China in the mid-10th century before being succeeded by the Song dynasty.
  • 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: Western Zhou period
Triple: [I Ching, timePeriod, Western Zhou period]
Generated description
The Western Zhou period was an early era of Chinese history (c. 1046–771 BCE) marked by the Zhou dynasty’s establishment of a feudal order, development of classical texts, and foundational influence on later Chinese culture and philosophy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Zhou period
Target entity description: The Western Zhou period was an early era of Chinese history (c. 1046–771 BCE) marked by the Zhou dynasty’s establishment of a feudal order, development of classical texts, and foundational influence on later Chinese culture and philosophy.
  • A. Eastern Zhou
    Eastern Zhou was the later period of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, marked by political fragmentation, intense interstate warfare, and flourishing philosophy during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras.
  • B. Zhou dynasty
    The Zhou dynasty was an ancient Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Shang, introduced the concept of the Mandate of Heaven, and laid much of the cultural and political foundation for later Chinese civilization.
  • C. Spring and Autumn period
    The Spring and Autumn period was an early phase of the Eastern Zhou dynasty in ancient China marked by the decline of royal authority, the rise of powerful regional states, and significant political, military, and philosophical developments.
  • D. Shang dynasty
    The Shang dynasty was one of ancient China’s earliest recorded dynasties, known for its bronze casting, oracle bone inscriptions, and the development of a complex state society along the Yellow River.
  • E. Later Zhou
    Later Zhou was a short-lived Chinese dynasty of the Five Dynasties period that briefly unified much of northern China in the mid-10th century before being succeeded by the Song dynasty.
  • 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_69c008a54fc88190b6ce4416490ca79d completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05d371484819090c18b62b095b49e completed March 22, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c14194d31081908e61a867f11117b4 completed March 23, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1472997d081909266b0e64fdbfe96 completed March 23, 2026, 1:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c147b5214c819082c20480965842be completed March 23, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:17 p.m.