Triple

T6536729
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tokugawa Ieyasu E168181 entity
Predicate implementedPolicy P172 FINISHED
Object sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations)
Sakoku was the early Tokugawa-era policy framework that laid the groundwork for Japan’s long period of controlled isolation from most foreign contact and influence.
E605735 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: sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations) | Statement: [Tokugawa Ieyasu, implementedPolicy, sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations)
Context triple: [Tokugawa Ieyasu, implementedPolicy, sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations)]
  • A. Yoshida Doctrine
    The Yoshida Doctrine was Japan’s post–World War II foreign policy strategy that prioritized economic recovery and growth while relying on the United States for military protection.
  • B. Tokugawa shogunate
    The Tokugawa shogunate was the feudal military government that ruled Japan from the early 17th to the mid-19th century, overseeing a long period of peace, isolation, and strict social order.
  • C. Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine)
    Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) was an Imperial Japanese strategic policy that advocated southward expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific to secure resources and regional dominance, in contrast to a northern advance against the Soviet Union.
  • D. Nakasone Doctrine
    The Nakasone Doctrine is a Japanese foreign and security policy framework under Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone that emphasized a stronger U.S.-Japan alliance, greater international role for Japan, and a more assertive defense posture within constitutional limits.
  • E. sankin-kōtai
    Sankin-kōtai was a system in feudal Japan that required regional lords (daimyō) to alternate residence between their domains and the shogun’s capital, reinforcing central control and political stability.
  • 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: sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations)
Triple: [Tokugawa Ieyasu, implementedPolicy, sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations)]
Generated description
Sakoku was the early Tokugawa-era policy framework that laid the groundwork for Japan’s long period of controlled isolation from most foreign contact and influence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations)
Target entity description: Sakoku was the early Tokugawa-era policy framework that laid the groundwork for Japan’s long period of controlled isolation from most foreign contact and influence.
  • A. Yoshida Doctrine
    The Yoshida Doctrine was Japan’s post–World War II foreign policy strategy that prioritized economic recovery and growth while relying on the United States for military protection.
  • B. Tokugawa shogunate
    The Tokugawa shogunate was the feudal military government that ruled Japan from the early 17th to the mid-19th century, overseeing a long period of peace, isolation, and strict social order.
  • C. Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine)
    Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) was an Imperial Japanese strategic policy that advocated southward expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific to secure resources and regional dominance, in contrast to a northern advance against the Soviet Union.
  • D. Nakasone Doctrine
    The Nakasone Doctrine is a Japanese foreign and security policy framework under Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone that emphasized a stronger U.S.-Japan alliance, greater international role for Japan, and a more assertive defense posture within constitutional limits.
  • E. sankin-kōtai
    Sankin-kōtai was a system in feudal Japan that required regional lords (daimyō) to alternate residence between their domains and the shogun’s capital, reinforcing central control and political stability.
  • 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_69c68a51564081909e93aee0dbd9cca3 completed March 27, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6add33acc8190bb0a9531648198f2 completed March 27, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6d53616848190835d9f02bd8e2dbf completed March 27, 2026, 7:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6d6dad26481908ac4bc0ed703091b completed March 27, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6d833d84c819083ffc81bda7d35d4 completed March 27, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:49 p.m.