Triple

T12827397
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Japan–United States relations E306690 entity
Predicate earlyContactEvent P97039 FINISHED
Object Perry Expedition
The Perry Expedition was the mid-19th-century U.S. naval mission led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry that forced the opening of Japan to Western trade and ended over two centuries of Japanese isolation.
E1004527 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Perry Expedition | Statement: [Japan–United States relations, earlyContactEvent, Perry Expedition]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perry Expedition
Context triple: [Japan–United States relations, earlyContactEvent, Perry Expedition]
  • A. McClure expedition
    The McClure expedition was a mid-19th-century British Arctic voyage led by Robert McClure that is credited with the first traversal of the Northwest Passage, albeit partly by sledge over ice.
  • B. Second Fram Expedition
    The Second Fram Expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and significantly advanced polar geography.
  • C. U.S. Navy expedition to the Amazon (1851–1852)
    The U.S. Navy expedition to the Amazon (1851–1852) was an exploratory mission that surveyed the Amazon River and its tributaries to assess their geography, resources, and commercial potential for the United States.
  • D. Red River Expedition
    The Red River Expedition was a Canadian military campaign in 1870 sent to the Red River Colony (in present-day Manitoba) to assert federal authority and respond to Louis Riel’s provisional government during the Red River Rebellion.
  • E. United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842)
    The United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) was a major U.S. naval and scientific voyage that conducted extensive exploration and surveying of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding regions, significantly advancing 19th-century geography, natural history, and cartography.
  • 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: Perry Expedition
Triple: [Japan–United States relations, earlyContactEvent, Perry Expedition]
Generated description
The Perry Expedition was the mid-19th-century U.S. naval mission led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry that forced the opening of Japan to Western trade and ended over two centuries of Japanese isolation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perry Expedition
Target entity description: The Perry Expedition was the mid-19th-century U.S. naval mission led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry that forced the opening of Japan to Western trade and ended over two centuries of Japanese isolation.
  • A. McClure expedition
    The McClure expedition was a mid-19th-century British Arctic voyage led by Robert McClure that is credited with the first traversal of the Northwest Passage, albeit partly by sledge over ice.
  • B. Second Fram Expedition
    The Second Fram Expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and significantly advanced polar geography.
  • C. U.S. Navy expedition to the Amazon (1851–1852)
    The U.S. Navy expedition to the Amazon (1851–1852) was an exploratory mission that surveyed the Amazon River and its tributaries to assess their geography, resources, and commercial potential for the United States.
  • D. Red River Expedition
    The Red River Expedition was a Canadian military campaign in 1870 sent to the Red River Colony (in present-day Manitoba) to assert federal authority and respond to Louis Riel’s provisional government during the Red River Rebellion.
  • E. United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842)
    The United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) was a major U.S. naval and scientific voyage that conducted extensive exploration and surveying of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding regions, significantly advancing 19th-century geography, natural history, and cartography.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: earlyContactEvent
Context triple: [Japan–United States relations, earlyContactEvent, Perry Expedition]
  • A. earlyContact chosen
    Indicates that one entity initiates contact with another earlier than a typical, expected, or reference time.
  • B. contactWith
    Indicates that two entities are in direct or indirect physical or communicative interaction or touch with each other.
  • C. earlyPresence
    Indicates that one entity is present or arrives earlier than another reference point, event, or entity.
  • D. firstContactContext
    Indicates the circumstances or situation under which two entities first came into contact or interacted.
  • E. earlyActivity
    Indicates that an entity begins or performs a specified activity earlier than a usual, expected, or referenced time.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d7bdf52b94819096d6f0ba4ab50a98 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9714208f881908f7f8a921362909a completed April 10, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f68ed4f7388190ba989b8a79bd7c6d completed May 2, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f691341d0081909ca3b281ee64b42b completed May 3, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f692361c3c81909078a19be1a86231 completed May 3, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d96fa08cd481909a946046ba63809f completed April 10, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:33 p.m.