Triple

T10295430
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries E241472 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Charles Livingstone
Charles Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer, and the brother and collaborator of David Livingstone, who documented their African travels and observations.
E860995 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: Charles Livingstone | Statement: [Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries, coAuthor, Charles Livingstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Livingstone
Context triple: [Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries, coAuthor, Charles Livingstone]
  • A. David Livingstone
    David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
  • B. John Hanning Speke
    John Hanning Speke was a 19th-century British explorer best known for his expeditions in East Africa and for identifying Lake Victoria as the principal source of the Nile.
  • C. Gilbert Markham
    Gilbert Markham is a central character and narrator in Anne Brontë’s novel "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," known for his evolving relationship with the mysterious Helen Graham and his moral growth throughout the story.
  • D. Mungo Park
    Mungo Park was a 19th-century Scottish professional golfer known for winning the 1874 Open Championship.
  • E. Henry Morton Stanley
    Henry Morton Stanley was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist best known for his expeditions in central Africa and his famous encounter with missionary David Livingstone.
  • 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: Charles Livingstone
Triple: [Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries, coAuthor, Charles Livingstone]
Generated description
Charles Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer, and the brother and collaborator of David Livingstone, who documented their African travels and observations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Livingstone
Target entity description: Charles Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer, and the brother and collaborator of David Livingstone, who documented their African travels and observations.
  • A. David Livingstone
    David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
  • B. John Hanning Speke
    John Hanning Speke was a 19th-century British explorer best known for his expeditions in East Africa and for identifying Lake Victoria as the principal source of the Nile.
  • C. Gilbert Markham
    Gilbert Markham is a central character and narrator in Anne Brontë’s novel "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," known for his evolving relationship with the mysterious Helen Graham and his moral growth throughout the story.
  • D. Mungo Park
    Mungo Park was a 19th-century Scottish professional golfer known for winning the 1874 Open Championship.
  • E. Henry Morton Stanley
    Henry Morton Stanley was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist best known for his expeditions in central Africa and his famous encounter with missionary David Livingstone.
  • 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_69d381aaafc08190af475ef58dc16aba completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d2ea9b3c8190b11518b259d5825c completed April 7, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d7fb4f840c81909beaf910c1ac3751 completed April 9, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d81c40dc6081908cc186ee6cd0814e completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d8277fbf0881908a1e16d6c07886e6 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:43 a.m.