Triple
T9483703
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pe̍h-ōe-jī |
E228708
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableContributor |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter Henry Medhurst
Walter Henry Medhurst was a 19th-century British Protestant missionary and sinologist known for his influential work in Chinese linguistics, translation, and Bible dissemination in East Asia.
|
E802130
|
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: Walter Henry Medhurst | Statement: [Pe̍h-ōe-jī, notableContributor, Walter Henry Medhurst]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Henry Medhurst Context triple: [Pe̍h-ōe-jī, notableContributor, Walter Henry Medhurst]
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A.
John Bowring
John Bowring was a 19th-century British politician, diplomat, and polyglot known for his advocacy of liberal causes and his role as Governor of Hong Kong.
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B.
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Brian Houghton Hodgson was a 19th-century British naturalist and ethnologist known for his pioneering studies of the wildlife, languages, and cultures of Nepal and the Himalayas.
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C.
F. W. Jacomb
F. W. Jacomb was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Alpine peak Castor.
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D.
W. W. Hodkinson
W. W. Hodkinson was an early American film industry pioneer known as the “Father of Film Distribution” for creating the first nationwide movie distribution system and helping establish Paramount Pictures.
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E.
Alfred P. Maudslay
Alfred P. Maudslay was a pioneering British archaeologist and explorer known for his foundational work documenting and studying ancient Maya sites in Central America.
- 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: Walter Henry Medhurst Triple: [Pe̍h-ōe-jī, notableContributor, Walter Henry Medhurst]
Generated description
Walter Henry Medhurst was a 19th-century British Protestant missionary and sinologist known for his influential work in Chinese linguistics, translation, and Bible dissemination in East Asia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Henry Medhurst Target entity description: Walter Henry Medhurst was a 19th-century British Protestant missionary and sinologist known for his influential work in Chinese linguistics, translation, and Bible dissemination in East Asia.
-
A.
John Bowring
John Bowring was a 19th-century British politician, diplomat, and polyglot known for his advocacy of liberal causes and his role as Governor of Hong Kong.
-
B.
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Brian Houghton Hodgson was a 19th-century British naturalist and ethnologist known for his pioneering studies of the wildlife, languages, and cultures of Nepal and the Himalayas.
-
C.
F. W. Jacomb
F. W. Jacomb was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Alpine peak Castor.
-
D.
W. W. Hodkinson
W. W. Hodkinson was an early American film industry pioneer known as the “Father of Film Distribution” for creating the first nationwide movie distribution system and helping establish Paramount Pictures.
-
E.
Alfred P. Maudslay
Alfred P. Maudslay was a pioneering British archaeologist and explorer known for his foundational work documenting and studying ancient Maya sites in Central America.
- 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_69ca84730a5081908de282651019bf2f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd804c859081908c261ad16b501f0d |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d12d0bf0c08190ab96db3eb522c91e |
completed | April 4, 2026, 3:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d12df73e3c819095f69e2b61989bb1 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 3:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d12e6ed8988190bd1f4b6881db5e63 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 3:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:55 p.m.