Roggeveen expedition of 1721–1722
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The Roggeveen expedition of 1721–1722 was a Dutch exploratory voyage led by Jacob Roggeveen that sought the fabled Terra Australis and resulted in the European discovery of Easter Island and other Pacific islands.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15952914 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roggeveen expedition of 1721–1722 Context triple: [Thienhoven, participatedIn, Roggeveen expedition of 1721–1722]
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Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722
The Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 was a Danish-led expedition under Vitus Bering that sought to explore and map the North Pacific and clarify the geographical relationship between Asia and North America.
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Danish Galathea expedition
The Danish Galathea expedition was a mid-20th-century Danish oceanographic research voyage renowned for its deep-sea explorations and scientific discoveries in some of the world’s deepest ocean trenches.
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La Pérouse expedition
The La Pérouse expedition was a major late-18th-century French scientific and exploratory voyage in the Pacific and around the world that mysteriously disappeared, becoming one of the era’s great maritime enigmas.
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Amundsen Gjøa expedition
The Amundsen Gjøa expedition was Roald Amundsen’s 1903–1906 voyage that achieved the first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage in the small vessel Gjøa.
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Nicolas Baudin expedition
The Nicolas Baudin expedition was an early 19th-century French scientific and exploratory voyage that charted large parts of the Australian coastline and conducted extensive natural history research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roggeveen expedition of 1721–1722 Target entity description: The Roggeveen expedition of 1721–1722 was a Dutch exploratory voyage led by Jacob Roggeveen that sought the fabled Terra Australis and resulted in the European discovery of Easter Island and other Pacific islands.
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A.
Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722
The Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 was a Danish-led expedition under Vitus Bering that sought to explore and map the North Pacific and clarify the geographical relationship between Asia and North America.
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B.
Danish Galathea expedition
The Danish Galathea expedition was a mid-20th-century Danish oceanographic research voyage renowned for its deep-sea explorations and scientific discoveries in some of the world’s deepest ocean trenches.
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C.
La Pérouse expedition
The La Pérouse expedition was a major late-18th-century French scientific and exploratory voyage in the Pacific and around the world that mysteriously disappeared, becoming one of the era’s great maritime enigmas.
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D.
Amundsen Gjøa expedition
The Amundsen Gjøa expedition was Roald Amundsen’s 1903–1906 voyage that achieved the first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage in the small vessel Gjøa.
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E.
Nicolas Baudin expedition
The Nicolas Baudin expedition was an early 19th-century French scientific and exploratory voyage that charted large parts of the Australian coastline and conducted extensive natural history research.
- F. None of above. chosen
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