Triple

T8412913
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mortal Kombat E198664 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Shang Tsung
Shang Tsung is a powerful, soul-stealing sorcerer and primary antagonist in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.
 E732866 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: Shang Tsung | Statement: [Mortal Kombat, notableCharacter, Shang Tsung]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shang Tsung
Context triple: [Mortal Kombat, notableCharacter, Shang Tsung]
  • A. Zexu
    Zexu is the given name of Lin Zexu, the prominent Qing dynasty official known for his role in suppressing the opium trade in China.
  • B. Cung Le
    Cung Le is a Vietnamese-American former mixed martial artist and kickboxing champion who transitioned into acting, appearing in action films such as "The Man with the Iron Fists."
  • C. Lord Shen
    Lord Shen is the main peacock antagonist in Kung Fu Panda 2, a ruthless and power-obsessed warlord who seeks to conquer China using deadly fireworks-based weaponry.
  • D. Kain Kong
    Kain Kong is a musician best known as a member of the punk rock band The Lookouts.
  • E. Pai Mei
    Pai Mei is a legendary, ruthless martial arts master in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill saga, known for his brutal training methods and near-mythic fighting skills.
  • 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: Shang Tsung
Triple: [Mortal Kombat, notableCharacter, Shang Tsung]
Generated description
Shang Tsung is a powerful, soul-stealing sorcerer and primary antagonist in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shang Tsung
Target entity description: Shang Tsung is a powerful, soul-stealing sorcerer and primary antagonist in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.
  • A. Zexu
    Zexu is the given name of Lin Zexu, the prominent Qing dynasty official known for his role in suppressing the opium trade in China.
  • B. Cung Le
    Cung Le is a Vietnamese-American former mixed martial artist and kickboxing champion who transitioned into acting, appearing in action films such as "The Man with the Iron Fists."
  • C. Lord Shen
    Lord Shen is the main peacock antagonist in Kung Fu Panda 2, a ruthless and power-obsessed warlord who seeks to conquer China using deadly fireworks-based weaponry.
  • D. Kain Kong
    Kain Kong is a musician best known as a member of the punk rock band The Lookouts.
  • E. Pai Mei
    Pai Mei is a legendary, ruthless martial arts master in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill saga, known for his brutal training methods and near-mythic fighting skills.
  • 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_69ca831201b481909e137936ef99ff11 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb83e18e7c8190a30b14136dee3d93 completed March 31, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce0322d1448190aceaf7486c110ff7 completed April 2, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce0781859c8190bb92f41c00af459b completed April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce089d09c08190ba321aed4044a862 completed April 2, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:06 p.m.