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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
earlyContact
chosen
Indicates that one entity initiates contact with another earlier than a typical, expected, or reference time.
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B.
contactWith
Indicates that two entities are in direct or indirect physical or communicative interaction or touch with each other.
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C.
earlyPresence
Indicates that one entity is present or arrives earlier than another reference point, event, or entity.
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D.
firstContactContext
Indicates the circumstances or situation under which two entities first came into contact or interacted.
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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.