Triple

T1226873
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pelican E26346 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Francis Drake’s circumnavigation
Francis Drake’s circumnavigation was the famed 16th-century global voyage (1577–1580) that made Drake the first Englishman to sail around the world and significantly challenged Spanish maritime dominance.
E140807 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: Francis Drake’s circumnavigation | Statement: [Pelican, partOf, Francis Drake’s circumnavigation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Drake’s circumnavigation
Context triple: [Pelican, partOf, Francis Drake’s circumnavigation]
  • A. Magellan–Elcano expedition
    The Magellan–Elcano expedition was the early 16th-century Spanish-led voyage that achieved the first circumnavigation of the Earth, fundamentally transforming global navigation and trade.
  • B. Magellan Project
    The Magellan Project is an astronomical research initiative centered on the twin Magellan telescopes in Chile, supporting advanced observational studies of the universe.
  • C. First voyage of James Cook
    The First voyage of James Cook was an 18th-century British expedition to the Pacific Ocean during which Cook charted New Zealand and Australia’s eastern coastline and conducted astronomical and scientific observations.
  • D. Francis Drake
    Francis Drake was a 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and navigator best known for circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish possessions during the Age of Exploration.
  • E. Portolá expedition
    The Portolá expedition was a 1769–1770 Spanish exploratory and colonizing venture that marked the first overland European exploration of present-day California, leading to the establishment of missions and settlements along the coast.
  • 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: Francis Drake’s circumnavigation
Triple: [Pelican, partOf, Francis Drake’s circumnavigation]
Generated description
Francis Drake’s circumnavigation was the famed 16th-century global voyage (1577–1580) that made Drake the first Englishman to sail around the world and significantly challenged Spanish maritime dominance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Drake’s circumnavigation
Target entity description: Francis Drake’s circumnavigation was the famed 16th-century global voyage (1577–1580) that made Drake the first Englishman to sail around the world and significantly challenged Spanish maritime dominance.
  • A. Magellan–Elcano expedition
    The Magellan–Elcano expedition was the early 16th-century Spanish-led voyage that achieved the first circumnavigation of the Earth, fundamentally transforming global navigation and trade.
  • B. Magellan Project
    The Magellan Project is an astronomical research initiative centered on the twin Magellan telescopes in Chile, supporting advanced observational studies of the universe.
  • C. First voyage of James Cook
    The First voyage of James Cook was an 18th-century British expedition to the Pacific Ocean during which Cook charted New Zealand and Australia’s eastern coastline and conducted astronomical and scientific observations.
  • D. Francis Drake
    Francis Drake was a 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and navigator best known for circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish possessions during the Age of Exploration.
  • E. Portolá expedition
    The Portolá expedition was a 1769–1770 Spanish exploratory and colonizing venture that marked the first overland European exploration of present-day California, leading to the establishment of missions and settlements along the coast.
  • 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_69a49484688c8190a1bf285eb396a8b6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be3b32a08190a36e96a3e51976eb completed March 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8a0fcf508190be3668bd55f6f6d6 completed March 7, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8ab214c48190a60c6604a67f9cf2 completed March 7, 2026, 8:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8b0db83c81909db3c501a435f1d1 completed March 7, 2026, 8:31 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.