Triple

T21171222
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject State of Zou E521694 entity
Predicate rulingClan P9023 FINISHED
Object Zou clan
The Zou clan was an ancient Chinese noble lineage that held hereditary power as the ruling family of the small vassal State of Zou during the Zhou dynasty.
 E1470375 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: Zou clan | Statement: [State of Zou, rulingClan, Zou clan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Zou clan
Context triple: [State of Zou, rulingClan, Zou clan]
  • A. Ji clan
    The Ji clan was one of the three powerful aristocratic lineages that dominated the politics of the ancient Chinese State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
  • B. Ji clan
    The Ji clan was the ruling royal family of the ancient Chinese State of Wu during the Spring and Autumn period.
  • C. Ji clan
    The Ji clan was the aristocratic lineage that held hereditary power as the ruling family of the ancient Chinese State of Yan during the Zhou dynasty period.
  • D. Xiong clan
    The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
  • E. Zhao clan
    The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
  • 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: Zou clan
Triple: [State of Zou, rulingClan, Zou clan]
Generated description
The Zou clan was an ancient Chinese noble lineage that held hereditary power as the ruling family of the small vassal State of Zou during the Zhou dynasty.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Zou clan
Target entity description: The Zou clan was an ancient Chinese noble lineage that held hereditary power as the ruling family of the small vassal State of Zou during the Zhou dynasty.
  • A. Ji clan
    The Ji clan was one of the three powerful aristocratic lineages that dominated the politics of the ancient Chinese State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
  • B. Ji clan
    The Ji clan was the ruling royal family of the ancient Chinese State of Wu during the Spring and Autumn period.
  • C. Ji clan
    The Ji clan was the aristocratic lineage that held hereditary power as the ruling family of the ancient Chinese State of Yan during the Zhou dynasty period.
  • D. Xiong clan
    The Xiong clan was the hereditary noble family that provided the kings of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty.
  • E. Zhao clan
    The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
  • 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_69e0b50e30748190b186824a206d39b9 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e7271351f08190b609a6c280c9a02a completed April 21, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a097573a08481909695019432940d39 completed May 17, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09764338fc8190be908a6fa9457d18 completed May 17, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0978016f188190b8e2d2c7b1b01977 completed May 17, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3 p.m.