Triple
T6370115
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Anglo-Chinese War |
E143323
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasSignificantEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British capture of Shanghai (1842)
The British capture of Shanghai in 1842 was a key military operation during the First Opium War that helped force Qing China into signing the Treaty of Nanking and opening the city to foreign trade.
|
E588059
|
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: British capture of Shanghai (1842) | Statement: [Anglo-Chinese War, hasSignificantEvent, British capture of Shanghai (1842)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British capture of Shanghai (1842) Context triple: [Anglo-Chinese War, hasSignificantEvent, British capture of Shanghai (1842)]
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A.
British concession in Canton
The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
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B.
British concession in Amoy
The British concession in Amoy was a 19th- and early 20th-century foreign-controlled enclave in the Chinese port city of Xiamen, established after the Opium Wars as part of Britain’s treaty port system.
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C.
British concession in Tianjin
The British concession in Tianjin was a foreign-controlled enclave established by the United Kingdom in the late 19th century that served as a key hub of British political, commercial, and cultural influence in northern China until the mid-20th century.
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D.
Shanghai International Settlement (British participation)
The Shanghai International Settlement (British participation) was a foreign-controlled enclave in Shanghai where Britain, alongside other Western powers, exercised extraterritorial rights and administered a key commercial and diplomatic hub in China from the mid-19th to mid-20th century.
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E.
Kiautschou Bay concession
The Kiautschou Bay concession was a German colonial leasehold in China centered on the port of Qingdao, serving as a strategic naval base and commercial hub for the German Empire from 1898 to 1914.
- 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: British capture of Shanghai (1842) Triple: [Anglo-Chinese War, hasSignificantEvent, British capture of Shanghai (1842)]
Generated description
The British capture of Shanghai in 1842 was a key military operation during the First Opium War that helped force Qing China into signing the Treaty of Nanking and opening the city to foreign trade.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British capture of Shanghai (1842) Target entity description: The British capture of Shanghai in 1842 was a key military operation during the First Opium War that helped force Qing China into signing the Treaty of Nanking and opening the city to foreign trade.
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A.
British concession in Canton
The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
-
B.
British concession in Amoy
The British concession in Amoy was a 19th- and early 20th-century foreign-controlled enclave in the Chinese port city of Xiamen, established after the Opium Wars as part of Britain’s treaty port system.
-
C.
British concession in Tianjin
The British concession in Tianjin was a foreign-controlled enclave established by the United Kingdom in the late 19th century that served as a key hub of British political, commercial, and cultural influence in northern China until the mid-20th century.
-
D.
Shanghai International Settlement (British participation)
The Shanghai International Settlement (British participation) was a foreign-controlled enclave in Shanghai where Britain, alongside other Western powers, exercised extraterritorial rights and administered a key commercial and diplomatic hub in China from the mid-19th to mid-20th century.
-
E.
Kiautschou Bay concession
The Kiautschou Bay concession was a German colonial leasehold in China centered on the port of Qingdao, serving as a strategic naval base and commercial hub for the German Empire from 1898 to 1914.
- 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_69c008d8c61081908bcaf61510d881ed |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c068277f6c81908e6a55e006f0c229 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c62d8bce3481909b0bf7533b330d1f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c62e2072808190a4f2dd262b631c88 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c62f1bbdac8190b0cff9fbcddd68a7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:33 p.m.