Triple
T7724442
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ma Jian (writer) |
E175093
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Red Dust: A Path Through China
Red Dust: A Path Through China is a travel memoir in which Ma Jian recounts his transformative journey across China in the 1980s, offering a candid, often critical portrait of the country’s landscapes, people, and political realities.
|
E684469
|
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: Red Dust: A Path Through China | Statement: [Ma Jian (writer), notableWork, Red Dust: A Path Through China]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red Dust: A Path Through China Context triple: [Ma Jian (writer), notableWork, Red Dust: A Path Through China]
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A.
High Road to China
High Road to China is a 1983 adventure-romance film set in the 1920s, following a wealthy heiress and a rugged pilot on a perilous aerial journey to find her missing father.
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B.
China's Sorrow
China's Sorrow is a grim nickname for the Yellow River, reflecting its long history of catastrophic floods and devastation in China.
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C.
55 Days at Peking
55 Days at Peking is a 1963 historical epic film dramatizing the siege of foreign legations during the Boxer Rebellion in China.
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D.
In China (book)
"In China" is a photographic book by renowned Magnum photographer Eve Arnold that documents her extensive travels and visual observations across China.
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E.
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness is a 1927 silent documentary-style adventure film set in the jungles of Siam, depicting a family's struggle for survival amid wild animals and natural dangers.
- 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: Red Dust: A Path Through China Triple: [Ma Jian (writer), notableWork, Red Dust: A Path Through China]
Generated description
Red Dust: A Path Through China is a travel memoir in which Ma Jian recounts his transformative journey across China in the 1980s, offering a candid, often critical portrait of the country’s landscapes, people, and political realities.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red Dust: A Path Through China Target entity description: Red Dust: A Path Through China is a travel memoir in which Ma Jian recounts his transformative journey across China in the 1980s, offering a candid, often critical portrait of the country’s landscapes, people, and political realities.
-
A.
High Road to China
High Road to China is a 1983 adventure-romance film set in the 1920s, following a wealthy heiress and a rugged pilot on a perilous aerial journey to find her missing father.
-
B.
China's Sorrow
China's Sorrow is a grim nickname for the Yellow River, reflecting its long history of catastrophic floods and devastation in China.
-
C.
55 Days at Peking
55 Days at Peking is a 1963 historical epic film dramatizing the siege of foreign legations during the Boxer Rebellion in China.
-
D.
In China (book)
"In China" is a photographic book by renowned Magnum photographer Eve Arnold that documents her extensive travels and visual observations across China.
-
E.
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness is a 1927 silent documentary-style adventure film set in the jungles of Siam, depicting a family's struggle for survival amid wild animals and natural dangers.
- 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_69c6995d541c81909eaa646b1a8369a9 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c7031279708190a3a5fb64f9206974 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8b51faa348190b4fa0b5a307c83db |
completed | March 29, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8b74ee6d081908454b2d4774a3a7b |
completed | March 29, 2026, 5:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8b7af4c58819097360e89e7ea6062 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:05 p.m.