Triple

T8147962
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject State of Jin E190260 entity
Predicate aristocraticClan P13617 FINISHED
Object Zhi clan (智氏)
The Zhi clan (智氏) was a powerful aristocratic lineage in the late Spring and Autumn and early Warring States periods of ancient China, known for its dominance in the State of Jin and its dramatic destruction in the Partition of Jin.
E717354 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: Zhi clan (智氏) | Statement: [State of Jin, aristocraticClan, Zhi clan (智氏)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhi clan (智氏)
Context triple: [State of Jin, aristocraticClan, Zhi clan (智氏)]
  • A. Zhao clan
    The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
  • B. Zhuge clan
    The Zhuge clan is a historically prominent Chinese family best known for producing the famed Three Kingdoms strategist Zhuge Liang and other notable scholars and officials.
  • C. Ji clan
    The Ji clan was one of the three powerful aristocratic lineages that dominated the politics of the ancient Chinese State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
  • D. Wang family of Qin
    The Wang family of Qin was a prominent military clan in the Qin state of ancient China, best known for producing the renowned general Wang Jian and his descendants who played key roles in Qin’s wars of unification.
  • E. Xiong clan
    The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
  • 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: Zhi clan (智氏)
Triple: [State of Jin, aristocraticClan, Zhi clan (智氏)]
Generated description
The Zhi clan (智氏) was a powerful aristocratic lineage in the late Spring and Autumn and early Warring States periods of ancient China, known for its dominance in the State of Jin and its dramatic destruction in the Partition of Jin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhi clan (智氏)
Target entity description: The Zhi clan (智氏) was a powerful aristocratic lineage in the late Spring and Autumn and early Warring States periods of ancient China, known for its dominance in the State of Jin and its dramatic destruction in the Partition of Jin.
  • A. Zhao clan
    The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
  • B. Zhuge clan
    The Zhuge clan is a historically prominent Chinese family best known for producing the famed Three Kingdoms strategist Zhuge Liang and other notable scholars and officials.
  • C. Ji clan
    The Ji clan was one of the three powerful aristocratic lineages that dominated the politics of the ancient Chinese State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
  • D. Wang family of Qin
    The Wang family of Qin was a prominent military clan in the Qin state of ancient China, best known for producing the renowned general Wang Jian and his descendants who played key roles in Qin’s wars of unification.
  • E. Xiong clan
    The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
  • 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_69ca82be7ba8819087de0147e9292c83 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7266bc148190984060b7b95effb5 completed March 31, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccbee697208190a1d9c98b2a4414bd completed April 1, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccc30f1fc48190991e0caa9ea6e735 completed April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ccd8041c00819094094701ace21aa0 completed April 1, 2026, 8:32 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:36 p.m.