Triple
T13097137
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Oba of Benin |
E310618
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableHistoricalEvent |
P2107
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British punitive expedition of 1897 |
E345737
|
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: British punitive expedition of 1897 | Statement: [Oba of Benin, notableHistoricalEvent, British punitive expedition of 1897]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British punitive expedition of 1897 Context triple: [Oba of Benin, notableHistoricalEvent, British punitive expedition of 1897]
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A.
Benin Expedition of 1897
chosen
The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a British punitive military campaign that led to the violent conquest and looting of the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria, resulting in the exile of its oba and the dispersal of the famed Benin Bronzes.
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B.
Fashoda Incident
The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
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C.
Jameson Raid
The Jameson Raid was a failed 1895–1896 British-led incursion into the Transvaal Republic that helped spark tensions leading to the Second Boer War.
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D.
Tirah campaign of 1897–1898
The Tirah campaign of 1897–1898 was a major British Indian Army expedition against Afridi and Orakzai tribes in the mountainous Tirah region, forming one of the most significant operations on the North-West Frontier.
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E.
Tigris expedition
The Tigris expedition was a 1978 reed-boat voyage led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl to demonstrate possible ancient maritime contacts between Mesopotamia and neighboring civilizations.
- 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_69d806a733548190989cfd4ce981ca33 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9814e88a0819088418c792ce7aa57 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6d619b82c819093d0d98db88eb9ae |
completed | May 3, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:04 p.m.