Triple
T10295445
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries |
E241472
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entity |
| Predicate | describes |
P264
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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.
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E855969
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.