Triple
T8006893
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zizhi Tongjian |
E186383
|
entity |
| Predicate | editorialTeamMember |
P45343
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Liu Ban
Liu Ban was a Chinese scholar and official known for serving on the editorial team that compiled the historical chronicle Zizhi Tongjian.
|
E713277
|
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: Liu Ban | Statement: [Zizhi Tongjian, editorialTeamMember, Liu Ban]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liu Ban Context triple: [Zizhi Tongjian, editorialTeamMember, Liu Ban]
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A.
Ban Gu
Ban Gu was a prominent 1st-century Chinese historian and scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty, best known for authoring one of China’s most important official dynastic histories.
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B.
Chao Cuo
Chao Cuo was an influential early Han dynasty statesman and reformer whose policies and advice on centralization and frontier defense helped shape imperial governance in China.
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C.
Xun Kuang
Xun Kuang, better known as Xunzi, was an influential Warring States–period Confucian philosopher noted for his belief in the innate badness of human nature and the importance of ritual and education.
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D.
Li Si
Li Si was a powerful Chinese statesman and legalist philosopher who served as chancellor under Qin Shi Huang and played a key role in the unification and centralization of China.
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E.
Wei He
Wei He is the Chinese name for the Wei River, a major tributary of the Yellow River that flows through the historical heartland of ancient Chinese civilization in Shaanxi province.
- 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: Liu Ban Triple: [Zizhi Tongjian, editorialTeamMember, Liu Ban]
Generated description
Liu Ban was a Chinese scholar and official known for serving on the editorial team that compiled the historical chronicle Zizhi Tongjian.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liu Ban Target entity description: Liu Ban was a Chinese scholar and official known for serving on the editorial team that compiled the historical chronicle Zizhi Tongjian.
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A.
Ban Gu
Ban Gu was a prominent 1st-century Chinese historian and scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty, best known for authoring one of China’s most important official dynastic histories.
-
B.
Chao Cuo
Chao Cuo was an influential early Han dynasty statesman and reformer whose policies and advice on centralization and frontier defense helped shape imperial governance in China.
-
C.
Xun Kuang
Xun Kuang, better known as Xunzi, was an influential Warring States–period Confucian philosopher noted for his belief in the innate badness of human nature and the importance of ritual and education.
-
D.
Li Si
Li Si was a powerful Chinese statesman and legalist philosopher who served as chancellor under Qin Shi Huang and played a key role in the unification and centralization of China.
-
E.
Wei He
Wei He is the Chinese name for the Wei River, a major tributary of the Yellow River that flows through the historical heartland of ancient Chinese civilization in Shaanxi province.
- 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_69ca82abaffc8190ab8af79cdbc31ab3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3cf8a6048190970685a83fd2f59d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc93a132c08190bc9a00667aa32b90 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc9557c6148190a759021b6add0a61 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc96a8bb688190a352de1798b380f1 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:18 p.m.