Triple
T12496144
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tendaguru Formation |
E298688
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstMajorExcavationBy |
P7650
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
German Tendaguru Expedition
The German Tendaguru Expedition was an early 20th-century paleontological campaign in what is now Tanzania that uncovered some of the world’s most important Late Jurassic dinosaur fossils.
|
E987576
|
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: German Tendaguru Expedition | Statement: [Tendaguru Formation, firstMajorExcavationBy, German Tendaguru Expedition]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German Tendaguru Expedition Context triple: [Tendaguru Formation, firstMajorExcavationBy, German Tendaguru Expedition]
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A.
Burton–Speke expedition to East Africa
The Burton–Speke expedition to East Africa was a mid-19th-century British exploratory journey that sought the source of the Nile and led to the first European visits to the African Great Lakes region.
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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.
1906 Ruwenzori expedition
The 1906 Ruwenzori expedition was an Italian-led mountaineering and scientific journey that achieved the first ascents of several peaks in Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains and conducted extensive geographic and glaciological studies.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: German Tendaguru Expedition Triple: [Tendaguru Formation, firstMajorExcavationBy, German Tendaguru Expedition]
Generated description
The German Tendaguru Expedition was an early 20th-century paleontological campaign in what is now Tanzania that uncovered some of the world’s most important Late Jurassic dinosaur fossils.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German Tendaguru Expedition Target entity description: The German Tendaguru Expedition was an early 20th-century paleontological campaign in what is now Tanzania that uncovered some of the world’s most important Late Jurassic dinosaur fossils.
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A.
Burton–Speke expedition to East Africa
The Burton–Speke expedition to East Africa was a mid-19th-century British exploratory journey that sought the source of the Nile and led to the first European visits to the African Great Lakes region.
-
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.
1906 Ruwenzori expedition
The 1906 Ruwenzori expedition was an Italian-led mountaineering and scientific journey that achieved the first ascents of several peaks in Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains and conducted extensive geographic and glaciological studies.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94df948308190ace333230a4a3b38 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f64badad488190ae1c6c2883a88a4b |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f64f9c0e8c81908db3cad51daa77b6 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6504b033c8190a31f49f2e59c6810 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.