Triple

T8342593
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Naoto Kan E195955 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Ube, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, is an industrial city on the Seto Inland Sea known for its chemical and cement industries and its emphasis on environmental improvement and public art.
E728432 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: Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan | Statement: [Naoto Kan, placeOfBirth, Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Context triple: [Naoto Kan, placeOfBirth, Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan]
  • A. Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
    Uonuma, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, is a rural city known for its high-quality rice production and as the hometown of actor Ken Watanabe.
  • B. Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
    Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan is a southwestern Japanese prefecture on the island of Honshu known for its strategic coastal location facing both the Seto Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan, historic samurai towns, and role as the birthplace of several prominent political and military figures.
  • C. Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
    Uji, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, is a historic city renowned for its high-quality green tea, UNESCO-listed Byōdō-in Temple, and scenic location between Kyoto and Nara.
  • D. Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan
    Ōdate, in Akita Prefecture, Japan, is a regional city best known as the birthplace of the famously loyal Akita dog Hachikō and for its strong association with the Akita breed.
  • E. Tabuse, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
    Tabuse, located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, is a small coastal town best known as the birthplace of former Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Eisaku Satō.
  • 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: Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Triple: [Naoto Kan, placeOfBirth, Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan]
Generated description
Ube, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, is an industrial city on the Seto Inland Sea known for its chemical and cement industries and its emphasis on environmental improvement and public art.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Target entity description: Ube, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, is an industrial city on the Seto Inland Sea known for its chemical and cement industries and its emphasis on environmental improvement and public art.
  • A. Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
    Uonuma, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, is a rural city known for its high-quality rice production and as the hometown of actor Ken Watanabe.
  • B. Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
    Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan is a southwestern Japanese prefecture on the island of Honshu known for its strategic coastal location facing both the Seto Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan, historic samurai towns, and role as the birthplace of several prominent political and military figures.
  • C. Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
    Uji, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, is a historic city renowned for its high-quality green tea, UNESCO-listed Byōdō-in Temple, and scenic location between Kyoto and Nara.
  • D. Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan
    Ōdate, in Akita Prefecture, Japan, is a regional city best known as the birthplace of the famously loyal Akita dog Hachikō and for its strong association with the Akita breed.
  • E. Tabuse, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
    Tabuse, located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, is a small coastal town best known as the birthplace of former Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Eisaku Satō.
  • 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_69ca82ecbdc481908a55cad8ca062d88 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7fe9efec81908e0c9ded3963bac5 completed March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cdc72bc43c81909d95c7eb6aefc403 completed April 2, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdcb90bec88190a2c19681405aa13e completed April 2, 2026, 1:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdcd0fc9488190a0a576c385b9bc1f completed April 2, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:58 p.m.