Triple

T29753208

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Vertical Alliance	`E752957`	entity
Predicate	oppositionalEtymology	`P181061`	FINISHED
Object	contrasted with “horizontal” east–west alignment with Qin The Vertical Alliance was a Warring States–period diplomatic strategy in ancient China in which northern and southern states formed a coalition to resist the expansion of the Qin state.	`E1882176`	NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: contrasted with “horizontal” east–west alignment with Qin | Statement: [Vertical Alliance, oppositionalEtymology, contrasted with “horizontal” east–west alignment with Qin]

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: contrasted with “horizontal” east–west alignment with Qin
Triple: [Vertical Alliance, oppositionalEtymology, contrasted with “horizontal” east–west alignment with Qin]

Generated description

The Vertical Alliance was a Warring States–period diplomatic strategy in ancient China in which northern and southern states formed a coalition to resist the expansion of the Qin state.

PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target predicate: oppositionalEtymology
Context triple: [Vertical Alliance, oppositionalEtymology, contrasted with “horizontal” east–west alignment with Qin]

A. etymologicalConnotation
Indicates that one term carries a particular historical or origin-based nuance, implication, or association derived from its etymology in relation to another term or concept.
B. etymology
Indicates the historical origin and development of a word or term, including its source language and form.
C. etymologyContext
Indicates the contextual or situational background (such as time, place, culture, or domain) relevant to the origin and historical development of a word or term.
D. etymologicalSource
Indicates that one term or name originates from, is derived from, or has its roots in another term or name.
E. etymologicalField
Indicates that one term belongs to a particular semantic or conceptual domain relevant to its etymological origin or historical development.
F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69f0d62c84cc8190846f80ae04fdf8ec`	completed	April 28, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69f760a35b988190904e6267553ad2fe`	completed	May 3, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a26aa9792848190937316889158effa`	completed	June 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a26b05b3408819098b819b46e4df625`	completed	June 8, 2026, 12:06 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a26b478c450819090c8830333fe1030`	completed	June 8, 2026, 12:24 p.m.
PD	Predicate disambiguation	`batch_69f75eb3d6f081908c933474eb359e3d`	completed	May 3, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
PDg	Predicate description generation	`batch_69f760a2a90c8190b8fbc55412ab752b`	completed	May 3, 2026, 2:50 p.m.

Created at: April 28, 2026, 7:55 p.m.