Triple

T6263130
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British opium trade in China E140347 entity
Predicate linkedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Treaty of Nanjing E58586 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Treaty of Nanjing | Statement: [British opium trade in China, linkedTo, Treaty of Nanjing]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Treaty of Nanjing
Context triple: [British opium trade in China, linkedTo, Treaty of Nanjing]
  • A. Treaty of Nanking chosen
    The Treaty of Nanking was the 1842 agreement that ended the First Opium War between Britain and China, forcing the Qing dynasty to cede Hong Kong Island and grant significant trade and legal concessions to the British.
  • B. Treaty of the Bogue
    The Treaty of the Bogue was an 1843 supplementary agreement to the Treaty of Nanking that expanded British commercial and legal privileges in China during the Opium Wars era.
  • C. Treaty of Wanghia
    The Treaty of Wanghia was an 1844 agreement between the United States and Qing China that granted the U.S. significant trading rights and extraterritorial privileges, marking the first formal diplomatic treaty between the two nations.
  • D. Treaty of Tientsin
    The Treaty of Tientsin was an 1858 agreement that forced Qing China to grant Western powers expanded trade rights, legal privileges, and the opening of additional ports, significantly increasing foreign influence in China.
  • E. Treaty of Shimonoseki
    The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c008c95c5c819084bd3dd56133d84d elicitation completed
NER batch_69c06387fec0819095b47a37b9402aa9 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c2445061a481909487fdb04c50493b ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.