Triple

T8594131
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zhili–Anhui War E203500 entity
Predicate significantEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Battle of Yangcun
The Battle of Yangcun was a key military engagement during the early Republican era in China that helped determine the outcome of the Zhili–Anhui War between rival warlord cliques.
 E760350 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Battle of Yangcun | Statement: [Zhili–Anhui War, significantEvent, Battle of Yangcun]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Battle of Yangcun
Context triple: [Zhili–Anhui War, significantEvent, Battle of Yangcun]
  • A. Battle of Beilan Pass
    The Battle of Beilan Pass was a key 1832 engagement in which Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeated the Ottoman army in the mountainous approaches to Anatolia, helping secure Egyptian control over Syria during the Egyptian–Ottoman War.
  • B. Battle of Guangchang
    The Battle of Guangchang was a major 1934 clash between Chinese Communist forces and Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist army during the Fifth Encirclement Campaign, resulting in a costly Communist defeat that weakened the Jiangxi Soviet.
  • C. Battle of Hezhou
    The Battle of Hezhou was a key military engagement during the Mongol–Song War that contributed to the Mongol Empire’s eventual conquest of the Southern Song dynasty in China.
  • D. Battle of Ningyuan
    The Battle of Ningyuan was a pivotal 1626 clash in which Ming general Yuan Chonghuan decisively defeated Nurhaci’s Later Jin forces, temporarily halting Manchu expansion into China.
  • E. Battle of Feng-tao
    The Battle of Feng-tao was a naval engagement in 1894 between Chinese and Japanese forces near Pungdo Island that helped trigger the First Sino-Japanese War.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Battle of Yangcun
Target entity description: The Battle of Yangcun was a key military engagement during the early Republican era in China that helped determine the outcome of the Zhili–Anhui War between rival warlord cliques.
  • A. Battle of Beilan Pass
    The Battle of Beilan Pass was a key 1832 engagement in which Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeated the Ottoman army in the mountainous approaches to Anatolia, helping secure Egyptian control over Syria during the Egyptian–Ottoman War.
  • B. Battle of Guangchang
    The Battle of Guangchang was a major 1934 clash between Chinese Communist forces and Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist army during the Fifth Encirclement Campaign, resulting in a costly Communist defeat that weakened the Jiangxi Soviet.
  • C. Battle of Hezhou
    The Battle of Hezhou was a key military engagement during the Mongol–Song War that contributed to the Mongol Empire’s eventual conquest of the Southern Song dynasty in China.
  • D. Battle of Ningyuan
    The Battle of Ningyuan was a pivotal 1626 clash in which Ming general Yuan Chonghuan decisively defeated Nurhaci’s Later Jin forces, temporarily halting Manchu expansion into China.
  • E. Battle of Feng-tao
    The Battle of Feng-tao was a naval engagement in 1894 between Chinese and Japanese forces near Pungdo Island that helped trigger the First Sino-Japanese War.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Battle of Yangcun
Triple: [Zhili–Anhui War, significantEvent, Battle of Yangcun]
Generated description
The Battle of Yangcun was a key military engagement during the early Republican era in China that helped determine the outcome of the Zhili–Anhui War between rival warlord cliques.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca832a7f108190b4e4f5648abf4aa2 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cc46c5e8888190b721e791c449b0df ner completed
NED1 batch_69cf889f91288190b052c4a41359d743 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cf8ae86e1881908a77f660c061bf69 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cf8a3d8e548190911d44ee36875d44 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:23 p.m.