Triple

T13544275
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fukuzawa Yukichi E323469 entity
Predicate participatedIn P149 FINISHED
Object Japanese mission to the United States (1860)
The Japanese mission to the United States (1860) was the first official Japanese diplomatic delegation to America during the late Tokugawa period, sent to ratify the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and observe Western institutions and technology.
E1046473 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: Japanese mission to the United States (1860) | Statement: [Fukuzawa Yukichi, participatedIn, Japanese mission to the United States (1860)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese mission to the United States (1860)
Context triple: [Fukuzawa Yukichi, participatedIn, Japanese mission to the United States (1860)]
  • A. Iwakura Mission
    The Iwakura Mission was a landmark 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic and fact-finding tour of the United States and Europe that aimed to renegotiate unequal treaties and study Western institutions to guide Japan’s modernization.
  • B. U.S. naval expedition to Japan
    The U.S. naval expedition to Japan was the mid-19th-century American mission that forced the opening of Japan to Western trade and diplomacy, ending over two centuries of Japanese isolation.
  • C. Convention of Kanagawa
    The Convention of Kanagawa was an 1854 treaty between Japan and the United States that ended Japan’s isolationist policy by opening select ports to American vessels and establishing diplomatic relations.
  • D. 1871 United States expedition to Korea
    The 1871 United States expedition to Korea was a U.S. naval and military operation aimed at opening trade and securing diplomatic relations with Korea, which resulted in armed conflict near Ganghwa Island.
  • E. Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858)
    The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858) was a pivotal unequal treaty that opened Japan to British trade and diplomatic relations during the late Tokugawa shogunate, significantly influencing Japan’s subsequent modernization and foreign policy.
  • 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: Japanese mission to the United States (1860)
Triple: [Fukuzawa Yukichi, participatedIn, Japanese mission to the United States (1860)]
Generated description
The Japanese mission to the United States (1860) was the first official Japanese diplomatic delegation to America during the late Tokugawa period, sent to ratify the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and observe Western institutions and technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese mission to the United States (1860)
Target entity description: The Japanese mission to the United States (1860) was the first official Japanese diplomatic delegation to America during the late Tokugawa period, sent to ratify the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and observe Western institutions and technology.
  • A. Iwakura Mission
    The Iwakura Mission was a landmark 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic and fact-finding tour of the United States and Europe that aimed to renegotiate unequal treaties and study Western institutions to guide Japan’s modernization.
  • B. U.S. naval expedition to Japan
    The U.S. naval expedition to Japan was the mid-19th-century American mission that forced the opening of Japan to Western trade and diplomacy, ending over two centuries of Japanese isolation.
  • C. Convention of Kanagawa
    The Convention of Kanagawa was an 1854 treaty between Japan and the United States that ended Japan’s isolationist policy by opening select ports to American vessels and establishing diplomatic relations.
  • D. 1871 United States expedition to Korea
    The 1871 United States expedition to Korea was a U.S. naval and military operation aimed at opening trade and securing diplomatic relations with Korea, which resulted in armed conflict near Ganghwa Island.
  • E. Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858)
    The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858) was a pivotal unequal treaty that opened Japan to British trade and diplomatic relations during the late Tokugawa shogunate, significantly influencing Japan’s subsequent modernization and foreign policy.
  • 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_69d8076776248190bdf0d4fa1f85a5fc completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbafda36248190acabde65a88c5471 completed April 12, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75da094288190aff108b006c3da1f completed May 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f75f2c645481909c3e5ecdd239965d completed May 3, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f75f8e9b608190830ab942098a798c completed May 3, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:45 p.m.