Triple
T8751008
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South Manchuria Railway Company |
E207953
|
entity |
| Predicate | operated |
P1688
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mantetsu Research Institute
Mantetsu Research Institute was a research and development institution of the South Manchuria Railway Company in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, focusing on economic, industrial, and regional studies to support colonial administration and railway operations.
|
E755243
|
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: Mantetsu Research Institute | Statement: [South Manchuria Railway Company, operated, Mantetsu Research Institute]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mantetsu Research Institute Context triple: [South Manchuria Railway Company, operated, Mantetsu Research Institute]
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A.
Ibuka Laboratory
Ibuka Laboratory was an electronics research workshop in postwar Tokyo that became the foundation for what would later grow into Sony.
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B.
Kitasato Institute
The Kitasato Institute is a Japanese medical research and educational organization renowned for its pioneering work in infectious diseases, immunology, and public health.
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C.
Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences
The Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences is a major Japanese research center specializing in advanced studies of the Earth’s systems, including climate, oceans, and geophysics.
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D.
Nishinippon Institute of Technology
Nishinippon Institute of Technology is a Japanese higher education institution specializing in engineering and technology, located in Fukuoka Prefecture.
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E.
National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan
The National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan is a national research organization that oversees major scientific institutes and facilities in fields such as astronomy, physics, and biology.
- 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: Mantetsu Research Institute Triple: [South Manchuria Railway Company, operated, Mantetsu Research Institute]
Generated description
Mantetsu Research Institute was a research and development institution of the South Manchuria Railway Company in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, focusing on economic, industrial, and regional studies to support colonial administration and railway operations.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mantetsu Research Institute Target entity description: Mantetsu Research Institute was a research and development institution of the South Manchuria Railway Company in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, focusing on economic, industrial, and regional studies to support colonial administration and railway operations.
-
A.
Ibuka Laboratory
Ibuka Laboratory was an electronics research workshop in postwar Tokyo that became the foundation for what would later grow into Sony.
-
B.
Kitasato Institute
The Kitasato Institute is a Japanese medical research and educational organization renowned for its pioneering work in infectious diseases, immunology, and public health.
-
C.
Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences
The Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences is a major Japanese research center specializing in advanced studies of the Earth’s systems, including climate, oceans, and geophysics.
-
D.
Nishinippon Institute of Technology
Nishinippon Institute of Technology is a Japanese higher education institution specializing in engineering and technology, located in Fukuoka Prefecture.
-
E.
National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan
The National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan is a national research organization that oversees major scientific institutes and facilities in fields such as astronomy, physics, and biology.
- 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_69ca835bb2bc819084bb5906cb6ef7f8 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5da774f4819099e5bfd12973d946 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf431db5a88190a579b43370a8e887 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf45ff020c81909bfe20de50d3661a |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf46ab85088190b12e6eb969f2c65b |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:39 p.m.