Triple

T8382589
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kwan E197729 entity
Predicate isVariantOfSurname P16885 FINISHED
Object Guan
Guan is a common Chinese surname with historical roots and multiple romanized variants, including Kwan.
E731769 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: Guan | Statement: [Kwan, isVariantOfSurname, Guan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guan
Context triple: [Kwan, isVariantOfSurname, Guan]
  • A. Ganlu
    Ganlu was a historical Chinese era name used during the Cao Wei state of the Three Kingdoms period.
  • B. Gao
    Gao is a Chinese surname historically associated with the Jewish community of Kaifeng, one of the oldest Jewish diasporas in China.
  • C. Gao
    Gao is a historic city in eastern Mali that served as a major trading center and former capital of the Songhai Empire along the Niger River.
  • D. Gao
    Gao is an Oceanic language of the Southeast Solomonic group spoken in the Solomon Islands.
  • E. Enlai
    Enlai is the given name of Zhou Enlai, the prominent first Premier of the People's Republic of China and a key figure in Chinese Communist history.
  • 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: Guan
Triple: [Kwan, isVariantOfSurname, Guan]
Generated description
Guan is a common Chinese surname with historical roots and multiple romanized variants, including Kwan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guan
Target entity description: Guan is a common Chinese surname with historical roots and multiple romanized variants, including Kwan.
  • A. Ganlu
    Ganlu was a historical Chinese era name used during the Cao Wei state of the Three Kingdoms period.
  • B. Gao
    Gao is a Chinese surname historically associated with the Jewish community of Kaifeng, one of the oldest Jewish diasporas in China.
  • C. Gao
    Gao is a historic city in eastern Mali that served as a major trading center and former capital of the Songhai Empire along the Niger River.
  • D. Gao
    Gao is an Oceanic language of the Southeast Solomonic group spoken in the Solomon Islands.
  • E. Enlai
    Enlai is the given name of Zhou Enlai, the prominent first Premier of the People's Republic of China and a key figure in Chinese Communist history.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: isVariantOfSurname
Context triple: [Kwan, isVariantOfSurname, Guan]
  • A. surnameVariant chosen
    Indicates that one surname is an alternative spelling, form, or variation of another surname.
  • B. isMatronymicOf
    Indicates that one entity is a name or designation derived from the mother of another entity, typically used as that entity’s family or identifying name.
  • C. associatedSurname
    Indicates that one entity has a surname that is linked or connected to another entity, such as a person, family, or name record.
  • D. isCountableAsSurname
    Indicates that something can be considered or treated as a valid surname for counting or classification purposes.
  • E. hasBaseSurname
    Indicates that an entity’s surname is derived from, or fundamentally corresponds to, a specified base or canonical surname.
  • 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_69ca82f64c188190af4e1608036b865d completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb80ddc0f08190a90d4d9070bf713b completed March 31, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce02c0664481908f3c79246350a248 completed April 2, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce064211e48190b558d4355be659ba completed April 2, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce07a390048190ac26a7e3d3d561e0 completed April 2, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cb70cfe82881909fe374ba52649e84 completed March 31, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:02 p.m.