Triple

T11673214
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Baizhang Huaihai E277429 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Hongzhou school of Chan
The Hongzhou school of Chan was an influential branch of Chinese Zen Buddhism known for its iconoclastic teaching methods and emphasis on direct, non-conceptual realization of enlightenment.
 E962055 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: Hongzhou school of Chan | Statement: [Baizhang Huaihai, associatedWith, Hongzhou school of Chan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hongzhou school of Chan
Context triple: [Baizhang Huaihai, associatedWith, Hongzhou school of Chan]
  • A. Caodong school
    The Caodong school is a major Chinese Chan Buddhist tradition known for its emphasis on silent illumination meditation and later influence on the Japanese Sōtō Zen school.
  • B. Northern School of Chan
    The Northern School of Chan was an early Chinese Zen Buddhist tradition associated with gradual enlightenment teachings and the influential 7th-century monk Shenxiu.
  • C. Yunmen school
    The Yunmen school is a major Chan (Zen) Buddhist lineage known for its concise, paradoxical teachings and influential role in the development of Chinese and East Asian Zen.
  • D. Tiantai school
    The Tiantai school is a major tradition of Chinese Buddhism known for its comprehensive doctrinal system centered on the Lotus Sutra and its synthesis of meditation and philosophical analysis.
  • E. Southern School of Chan
    The Southern School of Chan is a major lineage of Chinese Zen Buddhism, traditionally associated with the Sixth Patriarch Huineng and known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment.
  • 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: Hongzhou school of Chan
Triple: [Baizhang Huaihai, associatedWith, Hongzhou school of Chan]
Generated description
The Hongzhou school of Chan was an influential branch of Chinese Zen Buddhism known for its iconoclastic teaching methods and emphasis on direct, non-conceptual realization of enlightenment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hongzhou school of Chan
Target entity description: The Hongzhou school of Chan was an influential branch of Chinese Zen Buddhism known for its iconoclastic teaching methods and emphasis on direct, non-conceptual realization of enlightenment.
  • A. Caodong school
    The Caodong school is a major Chinese Chan Buddhist tradition known for its emphasis on silent illumination meditation and later influence on the Japanese Sōtō Zen school.
  • B. Northern School of Chan
    The Northern School of Chan was an early Chinese Zen Buddhist tradition associated with gradual enlightenment teachings and the influential 7th-century monk Shenxiu.
  • C. Yunmen school
    The Yunmen school is a major Chan (Zen) Buddhist lineage known for its concise, paradoxical teachings and influential role in the development of Chinese and East Asian Zen.
  • D. Tiantai school
    The Tiantai school is a major tradition of Chinese Buddhism known for its comprehensive doctrinal system centered on the Lotus Sutra and its synthesis of meditation and philosophical analysis.
  • E. Southern School of Chan
    The Southern School of Chan is a major lineage of Chinese Zen Buddhism, traditionally associated with the Sixth Patriarch Huineng and known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment.
  • 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a443b6848190a1eb6825fbc49d08 completed April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f49ca3699081909ecc51c9f255c2c8 completed May 1, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f53d8ec5448190b303624887f7fa05 completed May 1, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f564ed64008190bfbeaf0991a7c2b8 completed May 2, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.