Triple

T17916410
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject China Merchants Group E447936 entity
Predicate subsidiary P258 FINISHED
Object China Merchants Energy Shipping
China Merchants Energy Shipping is a major Chinese shipping company specializing in oil and gas transportation and other bulk cargo services.
E1296302 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: China Merchants Energy Shipping | Statement: [China Merchants Group, subsidiary, China Merchants Energy Shipping]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: China Merchants Energy Shipping
Context triple: [China Merchants Group, subsidiary, China Merchants Energy Shipping]
  • A. China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
    The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was a pioneering late Qing dynasty Chinese shipping enterprise that symbolized the country's early efforts at state-led industrial and commercial modernization.
  • B. China Marine
    China Marine is a memoir by E.B. Sledge recounting his experiences as a U.S. Marine in the Pacific Theater during World War II and his postwar service in China.
  • C. Hanjin Group
    Hanjin Group is a South Korean conglomerate best known for its global logistics and transportation businesses, including former flagship airline Korean Air.
  • D. Orient Overseas Container Line
    Orient Overseas Container Line is a major Hong Kong-based international container shipping and logistics company.
  • E. COSCO-HIT Terminals
    COSCO-HIT Terminals is a major container terminal operator in Hong Kong formed as a joint venture between COSCO Shipping Ports and Hutchison Port Holdings, handling a significant share of the port’s container throughput.
  • 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: China Merchants Energy Shipping
Triple: [China Merchants Group, subsidiary, China Merchants Energy Shipping]
Generated description
China Merchants Energy Shipping is a major Chinese shipping company specializing in oil and gas transportation and other bulk cargo services.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: China Merchants Energy Shipping
Target entity description: China Merchants Energy Shipping is a major Chinese shipping company specializing in oil and gas transportation and other bulk cargo services.
  • A. China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
    The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was a pioneering late Qing dynasty Chinese shipping enterprise that symbolized the country's early efforts at state-led industrial and commercial modernization.
  • B. China Marine
    China Marine is a memoir by E.B. Sledge recounting his experiences as a U.S. Marine in the Pacific Theater during World War II and his postwar service in China.
  • C. Hanjin Group
    Hanjin Group is a South Korean conglomerate best known for its global logistics and transportation businesses, including former flagship airline Korean Air.
  • D. Orient Overseas Container Line
    Orient Overseas Container Line is a major Hong Kong-based international container shipping and logistics company.
  • E. COSCO-HIT Terminals
    COSCO-HIT Terminals is a major container terminal operator in Hong Kong formed as a joint venture between COSCO Shipping Ports and Hutchison Port Holdings, handling a significant share of the port’s container throughput.
  • 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_69d8b9f6d394819082a6d69fd1e23d2f completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4a3062bfc819083f7c0521bad4db8 completed April 19, 2026, 9:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03212c9e88819099fb04040e543d63 completed May 12, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0321e2ce7c81909f24975b71f73621 completed May 12, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a032255c76c81909ab534ae3e8adddc completed May 12, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:20 a.m.