Triple

T22966294
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tokugawa Yorinobu E571055 entity
Predicate house P1505 FINISHED
Object Kii branch of the Tokugawa family
The Kii branch of the Tokugawa family was one of the three prestigious collateral houses (Gosanke) of the Tokugawa clan, ruling the Kii Domain and serving as a key source of potential shogunal successors during Japan’s Edo period.
E1563677 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: Kii branch of the Tokugawa family | Statement: [Tokugawa Yorinobu, house, Kii branch of the Tokugawa family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kii branch of the Tokugawa family
Context triple: [Tokugawa Yorinobu, house, Kii branch of the Tokugawa family]
  • A. Kuni-no-miya branch of the Imperial Family of Japan
    The Kuni-no-miya branch of the Imperial Family of Japan was a collateral princely house established during the Meiji period that provided male-line members to support and extend the Japanese imperial lineage.
  • B. Ogasawara clan
    The Ogasawara clan is a prominent Japanese samurai family historically known for its role as feudal lords and for codifying traditional etiquette and martial arts.
  • C. Nagoya clan
    The Nagoya clan was a samurai family of feudal Japan that held regional power and domains, including control of Ako Castle during part of the Edo period.
  • D. Takano clan
    The Takano clan was a Japanese noble family of ancient lineage, historically associated with the imperial court and aristocracy.
  • E. Kikkawa clan
    The Kikkawa clan was a prominent samurai family in western Japan that became closely allied with and eventually absorbed into the powerful Mōri clan during the Sengoku 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: Kii branch of the Tokugawa family
Triple: [Tokugawa Yorinobu, house, Kii branch of the Tokugawa family]
Generated description
The Kii branch of the Tokugawa family was one of the three prestigious collateral houses (Gosanke) of the Tokugawa clan, ruling the Kii Domain and serving as a key source of potential shogunal successors during Japan’s Edo period.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kii branch of the Tokugawa family
Target entity description: The Kii branch of the Tokugawa family was one of the three prestigious collateral houses (Gosanke) of the Tokugawa clan, ruling the Kii Domain and serving as a key source of potential shogunal successors during Japan’s Edo period.
  • A. Kuni-no-miya branch of the Imperial Family of Japan
    The Kuni-no-miya branch of the Imperial Family of Japan was a collateral princely house established during the Meiji period that provided male-line members to support and extend the Japanese imperial lineage.
  • B. Ogasawara clan
    The Ogasawara clan is a prominent Japanese samurai family historically known for its role as feudal lords and for codifying traditional etiquette and martial arts.
  • C. Nagoya clan
    The Nagoya clan was a samurai family of feudal Japan that held regional power and domains, including control of Ako Castle during part of the Edo period.
  • D. Takano clan
    The Takano clan was a Japanese noble family of ancient lineage, historically associated with the imperial court and aristocracy.
  • E. Kikkawa clan
    The Kikkawa clan was a prominent samurai family in western Japan that became closely allied with and eventually absorbed into the powerful Mōri clan during the Sengoku 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_69e245b2c6548190a0e4c7f2f7df2d48 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1822e542c8190a865f18e64fc0768 completed April 29, 2026, 3:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bca24aab881908c77bac6ee658418 completed May 19, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bcb59767881908ada8c0e3907875d completed May 19, 2026, 2:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bcbec354081909dbeeb389e86d38c completed May 19, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:47 p.m.