Triple

T10295445
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries E241472 entity
Predicate describes P264 FINISHED
Object Zambezi expedition
The Zambezi expedition was a mid-19th-century British exploratory and scientific journey, led by David Livingstone, aimed at charting the Zambezi River and assessing its potential for commerce and missionary work in central Africa.
E855969 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: Zambezi expedition | Statement: [Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries, describes, Zambezi expedition]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zambezi expedition
Context triple: [Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries, describes, Zambezi expedition]
  • A. Congo Expedition
    Congo Expedition is an African rainforest-themed exhibit area at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium featuring species and habitats from the Congo Basin.
  • B. Bechuanaland Expedition
    The Bechuanaland Expedition was a British military campaign in the mid-1880s aimed at asserting imperial control and restoring order in the Bechuanaland region of southern Africa.
  • C. Nimrod Expedition
    The Nimrod Expedition was Ernest Shackleton’s 1907–1909 British Antarctic expedition that made record-setting southern and polar achievements and significantly advanced scientific and geographic knowledge of Antarctica.
  • D. Forbes Expedition
    The Forbes Expedition was a 1758 British military campaign during the French and Indian War that successfully captured Fort Duquesne, securing the Ohio Country and paving the way for the founding of Pittsburgh.
  • E. Nile Expedition
    The Nile Expedition, formally known as the Gordon Relief Expedition, was a British military campaign in 1884–1885 aimed at relieving General Charles Gordon during the Mahdist War in Sudan.
  • 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: Zambezi expedition
Triple: [Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries, describes, Zambezi expedition]
Generated description
The Zambezi expedition was a mid-19th-century British exploratory and scientific journey, led by David Livingstone, aimed at charting the Zambezi River and assessing its potential for commerce and missionary work in central Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zambezi expedition
Target entity description: The Zambezi expedition was a mid-19th-century British exploratory and scientific journey, led by David Livingstone, aimed at charting the Zambezi River and assessing its potential for commerce and missionary work in central Africa.
  • A. Congo Expedition
    Congo Expedition is an African rainforest-themed exhibit area at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium featuring species and habitats from the Congo Basin.
  • B. Bechuanaland Expedition
    The Bechuanaland Expedition was a British military campaign in the mid-1880s aimed at asserting imperial control and restoring order in the Bechuanaland region of southern Africa.
  • C. Nimrod Expedition
    The Nimrod Expedition was Ernest Shackleton’s 1907–1909 British Antarctic expedition that made record-setting southern and polar achievements and significantly advanced scientific and geographic knowledge of Antarctica.
  • D. Forbes Expedition
    The Forbes Expedition was a 1758 British military campaign during the French and Indian War that successfully captured Fort Duquesne, securing the Ohio Country and paving the way for the founding of Pittsburgh.
  • E. Nile Expedition
    The Nile Expedition, formally known as the Gordon Relief Expedition, was a British military campaign in 1884–1885 aimed at relieving General Charles Gordon during the Mahdist War in Sudan.
  • 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_69d71d23f49081909aea149c6b219354 completed April 9, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d73182d7548190ac15093aa7001db7 completed April 9, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d7336c06308190ac72154134a26842 completed April 9, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:43 a.m.