Triple

T18224674
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yong River system (Ningbo) E436392 entity
Predicate drainageBasin P1559 FINISHED
Object Ningbo metropolitan area
The Ningbo metropolitan area is a major urban and economic hub in eastern Zhejiang Province, China, centered on the port city of Ningbo and its surrounding districts.
E1316404 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: Ningbo metropolitan area | Statement: [Yong River system (Ningbo), drainageBasin, Ningbo metropolitan area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ningbo metropolitan area
Context triple: [Yong River system (Ningbo), drainageBasin, Ningbo metropolitan area]
  • A. Ningbo-Zhoushan
    Ningbo-Zhoushan is a major deep-water port complex in eastern China that ranks among the world’s busiest in cargo throughput and serves as a key maritime gateway for global trade.
  • B. Suzhou–Wuxi–Changzhou metropolitan area
    The Suzhou–Wuxi–Changzhou metropolitan area is a major industrial and economic urban cluster in southern Jiangsu Province, China, known for its advanced manufacturing, dense population, and integration into the broader Yangtze River Delta region.
  • C. Zhoushan City
    Zhoushan City is a prefecture-level port city in Zhejiang Province, China, comprising a large archipelago and serving as a major maritime and fishing hub in the East China Sea.
  • D. Wenzhou
    Wenzhou is a major coastal city in southeastern Zhejiang Province, China, known for its entrepreneurial culture, export-driven economy, and large overseas Chinese community.
  • E. Shanghai–Ningbo
    Shanghai–Ningbo is a key coastal shipping route in eastern China linking the major port cities of Shanghai and Ningbo across the East China Sea.
  • 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: Ningbo metropolitan area
Triple: [Yong River system (Ningbo), drainageBasin, Ningbo metropolitan area]
Generated description
The Ningbo metropolitan area is a major urban and economic hub in eastern Zhejiang Province, China, centered on the port city of Ningbo and its surrounding districts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ningbo metropolitan area
Target entity description: The Ningbo metropolitan area is a major urban and economic hub in eastern Zhejiang Province, China, centered on the port city of Ningbo and its surrounding districts.
  • A. Ningbo-Zhoushan
    Ningbo-Zhoushan is a major deep-water port complex in eastern China that ranks among the world’s busiest in cargo throughput and serves as a key maritime gateway for global trade.
  • B. Suzhou–Wuxi–Changzhou metropolitan area
    The Suzhou–Wuxi–Changzhou metropolitan area is a major industrial and economic urban cluster in southern Jiangsu Province, China, known for its advanced manufacturing, dense population, and integration into the broader Yangtze River Delta region.
  • C. Zhoushan City
    Zhoushan City is a prefecture-level port city in Zhejiang Province, China, comprising a large archipelago and serving as a major maritime and fishing hub in the East China Sea.
  • D. Wenzhou
    Wenzhou is a major coastal city in southeastern Zhejiang Province, China, known for its entrepreneurial culture, export-driven economy, and large overseas Chinese community.
  • E. Shanghai–Ningbo
    Shanghai–Ningbo is a key coastal shipping route in eastern China linking the major port cities of Shanghai and Ningbo across the East China Sea.
  • 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_69d8b9103a8081908bbb0836fef10efd completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4e47e5e8c819095454b6557a5d5a5 completed April 19, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03bb4903208190bbee975c3bb6cd01 completed May 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03bc51f080819083f4b0fa5362659e completed May 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03bcbb24608190b383cf0f985735b0 completed May 12, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:32 a.m.