Triple
T12781571
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West |
E305518
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalFigureCovered |
P10723
|
FINISHED |
| Object | René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle |
E205601
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle | Statement: [La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, historicalFigureCovered, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle Context triple: [La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, historicalFigureCovered, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]
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A.
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
chosen
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was a 17th-century French explorer best known for his expeditions in North America, including claiming the Mississippi River basin for France and helping to expand the territory of New France.
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B.
Gadifer de La Salle
Gadifer de La Salle was a French Norman knight and explorer known for leading early 15th-century expeditions to the Canary Islands.
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C.
Jacques Marquette
Jacques Marquette was a 17th-century French Jesuit missionary and explorer known for his expeditions in the Great Lakes region and along the Mississippi River.
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D.
Henri de Tonti
Henri de Tonti was a 17th-century Italian-born French explorer and soldier known for his role in exploring the Mississippi River valley and assisting René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, in North American expeditions.
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E.
Louis Jolliet
Louis Jolliet was a 17th-century French-Canadian explorer best known for his joint expedition with Jacques Marquette that mapped the Mississippi River and advanced French claims in North America.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d7bdf2b43c819098ae5aa68e61ea58 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96e5b52048190b279b7ad066efe9f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6a5427be88190956c616b832d9841 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m.