Triple

T8234764
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject King Wuling of Zhao E192376 entity
Predicate expandedTerritoryAgainst P18876 FINISHED
Object State of Zhongshan
The State of Zhongshan was a small but strategically significant polity during China’s Warring States period, known for its conflicts with neighboring powers such as Zhao.
E720710 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: State of Zhongshan | Statement: [King Wuling of Zhao, expandedTerritoryAgainst, State of Zhongshan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State of Zhongshan
Context triple: [King Wuling of Zhao, expandedTerritoryAgainst, State of Zhongshan]
  • A. Zhongshan County
    Zhongshan County is a county in Guangdong Province, China, named in honor of Sun Yat-sen (Sun Zhongshan), the founding father of modern China.
  • B. Jianye
    Jianye is an ancient name for the city now known as Nanjing, a historically significant capital in several Chinese dynasties.
  • C. Zhongshan
    Zhongshan is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, southern China, known for its manufacturing industry and as the birthplace of revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen.
  • D. Nanyang Commandery
    Nanyang Commandery was an important administrative region in ancient China, located in what is now southern Henan Province and historically known as the birthplace of Emperor Guangwu of Han.
  • E. Hsiangcheng, China
    Hsiangcheng, China is a town in Henan Province known as the birthplace of author and social critic Os Guinness.
  • 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: State of Zhongshan
Triple: [King Wuling of Zhao, expandedTerritoryAgainst, State of Zhongshan]
Generated description
The State of Zhongshan was a small but strategically significant polity during China’s Warring States period, known for its conflicts with neighboring powers such as Zhao.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State of Zhongshan
Target entity description: The State of Zhongshan was a small but strategically significant polity during China’s Warring States period, known for its conflicts with neighboring powers such as Zhao.
  • A. Zhongshan County
    Zhongshan County is a county in Guangdong Province, China, named in honor of Sun Yat-sen (Sun Zhongshan), the founding father of modern China.
  • B. Jianye
    Jianye is an ancient name for the city now known as Nanjing, a historically significant capital in several Chinese dynasties.
  • C. Zhongshan
    Zhongshan is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, southern China, known for its manufacturing industry and as the birthplace of revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen.
  • D. Nanyang Commandery
    Nanyang Commandery was an important administrative region in ancient China, located in what is now southern Henan Province and historically known as the birthplace of Emperor Guangwu of Han.
  • E. Hsiangcheng, China
    Hsiangcheng, China is a town in Henan Province known as the birthplace of author and social critic Os Guinness.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: expandedTerritoryAgainst
Context triple: [King Wuling of Zhao, expandedTerritoryAgainst, State of Zhongshan]
  • A. expandedTerritoryTo chosen
    Indicates that one entity has increased the geographic area under its control or influence to include the territory of another entity.
  • B. expandedTerritoryOf
    Indicates that one entity has increased or extended the geographic or jurisdictional area belonging to another entity.
  • C. territorialExpansionDirection
    Indicates the primary geographic direction in which an entity’s territory is expanding or has expanded.
  • D. territorialAmbition
    Indicates a desire or intent by one entity to expand its control, ownership, or influence over additional geographic areas or territories.
  • E. gainedTerritory
    Indicates that one entity has acquired control over additional land or area from another entity or from a neutral state.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ca82dc8f148190a2c75a98501a7b91 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb782931848190bcc54622f34e06a7 completed March 31, 2026, 7:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd34f0a770819089520e689ca9937a completed April 1, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd37a290508190b598f96220056041 completed April 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd4eb519608190b5d0f534170214b5 completed April 1, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cb36b1dea0819091418072501e79c1 completed March 31, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:46 p.m.