Triple

T6922642
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kumamoto, Japan E160223 entity
Predicate experiencedEvent P149 FINISHED
Object 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes were a destructive series of strong quakes in Japan’s Kyushu region that caused widespread damage, landslides, and significant loss of life.
E628599 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: 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes | Statement: [Kumamoto, Japan, experiencedEvent, 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
Context triple: [Kumamoto, Japan, experiencedEvent, 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes]
  • A. 1944 Tonankai earthquake
    The 1944 Tonankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Tōkai and Kii Peninsula regions during World War II.
  • B. Great Kanto earthquake
    The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
  • C. 1707 Hoei earthquake
    The 1707 Hoei earthquake was a massive megathrust earthquake off southwestern Japan that triggered widespread destruction and a large tsunami, and is one of the most powerful earthquakes in Japanese history.
  • D. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
    The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami was a devastating magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast that triggered massive tsunamis, widespread destruction, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
  • E. 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake
    The 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake was a major Edo-period megathrust earthquake and tsunami that struck central Japan, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Pacific coast.
  • 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: 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
Triple: [Kumamoto, Japan, experiencedEvent, 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes]
Generated description
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes were a destructive series of strong quakes in Japan’s Kyushu region that caused widespread damage, landslides, and significant loss of life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
Target entity description: The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes were a destructive series of strong quakes in Japan’s Kyushu region that caused widespread damage, landslides, and significant loss of life.
  • A. 1944 Tonankai earthquake
    The 1944 Tonankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Tōkai and Kii Peninsula regions during World War II.
  • B. Great Kanto earthquake
    The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
  • C. 1707 Hoei earthquake
    The 1707 Hoei earthquake was a massive megathrust earthquake off southwestern Japan that triggered widespread destruction and a large tsunami, and is one of the most powerful earthquakes in Japanese history.
  • D. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
    The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami was a devastating magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast that triggered massive tsunamis, widespread destruction, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
  • E. 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake
    The 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake was a major Edo-period megathrust earthquake and tsunami that struck central Japan, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Pacific coast.
  • 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_69c6884d350081908d8a970e4d40ad78 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d9fd159c819092a69d1a24e22dd5 completed March 27, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c75137dd848190b35ff72725f886ba completed March 28, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c751ebf4f48190bb206dd9c1d8bc7b completed March 28, 2026, 3:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c75264e65081908859551feaf1006c completed March 28, 2026, 4 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:26 p.m.