Triple
T12393328
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tizard Mission |
E296051
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entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
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FINISHED |
| Object |
British Technical and Scientific Mission
The British Technical and Scientific Mission, better known as the Tizard Mission, was a World War II British delegation that shared critical military technologies—including radar and jet engine advances—with the United States to strengthen Allied scientific cooperation.
|
E982819
|
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: British Technical and Scientific Mission | Statement: [Tizard Mission, alsoKnownAs, British Technical and Scientific Mission]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Technical and Scientific Mission Context triple: [Tizard Mission, alsoKnownAs, British Technical and Scientific Mission]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Iwakura Mission
The Iwakura Mission was a landmark 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic and fact-finding tour of the United States and Europe that aimed to renegotiate unequal treaties and study Western institutions to guide Japan’s modernization.
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D.
Lytton Commission report
The Lytton Commission report was a 1932 League of Nations investigation that condemned Japan’s actions in Manchuria and refused to recognize the puppet state of Manchukuo.
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E.
Macartney Embassy of 1793
The Macartney Embassy of 1793 was the first British diplomatic mission to China, led by Lord George Macartney to the court of the Qianlong Emperor in an unsuccessful attempt to expand trade and establish formal relations.
- 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: British Technical and Scientific Mission Triple: [Tizard Mission, alsoKnownAs, British Technical and Scientific Mission]
Generated description
The British Technical and Scientific Mission, better known as the Tizard Mission, was a World War II British delegation that shared critical military technologies—including radar and jet engine advances—with the United States to strengthen Allied scientific cooperation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Technical and Scientific Mission Target entity description: The British Technical and Scientific Mission, better known as the Tizard Mission, was a World War II British delegation that shared critical military technologies—including radar and jet engine advances—with the United States to strengthen Allied scientific cooperation.
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A.
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.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Iwakura Mission
The Iwakura Mission was a landmark 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic and fact-finding tour of the United States and Europe that aimed to renegotiate unequal treaties and study Western institutions to guide Japan’s modernization.
-
D.
Lytton Commission report
The Lytton Commission report was a 1932 League of Nations investigation that condemned Japan’s actions in Manchuria and refused to recognize the puppet state of Manchukuo.
-
E.
Macartney Embassy of 1793
The Macartney Embassy of 1793 was the first British diplomatic mission to China, led by Lord George Macartney to the court of the Qianlong Emperor in an unsuccessful attempt to expand trade and establish formal relations.
- 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_69d6ad9e653c8190b1473c860ee53dae |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93fd228488190b216abd1c341563c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6347c239881909a031e9e195080c9 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f63674aa3c81908ba82a9d246b3b3a |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f63a9b32fc8190ab98492ff91d2a66 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:55 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.