Triple
T14871163
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Speirs Bruce |
E349745
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate
The Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate was a Scottish commercial and scientific venture focused on exploration and resource interests in the Svalbard (Spitsbergen) archipelago in the early 20th century.
|
E1124221
|
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: Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate | Statement: [William Speirs Bruce, founded, Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate Context triple: [William Speirs Bruce, founded, Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate]
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A.
Maud Arctic expedition
The Maud Arctic expedition was a Norwegian polar voyage led by Roald Amundsen in the early 20th century that aimed to drift across the Arctic Ocean aboard the ship Maud to advance scientific understanding of the polar regions.
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B.
Norwegian–British expedition
The Norwegian–British expedition was a mid-20th-century mountaineering team notable for pioneering high-altitude climbs in the Hindu Kush, including the first ascent of Tirich Mir.
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C.
Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton’s final Antarctic voyage (1921–1922), a largely scientific and exploratory mission that ended with his death in South Georgia.
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D.
Otto Sverdrup expedition
The Otto Sverdrup expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and claimed several islands for Norway.
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E.
Jeannette Arctic expedition
The Jeannette Arctic expedition was a late 19th-century U.S. Navy voyage that ended in disaster when its ship became trapped and crushed by ice while attempting to reach the North Pole via the Bering Strait.
- 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: Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate Triple: [William Speirs Bruce, founded, Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate]
Generated description
The Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate was a Scottish commercial and scientific venture focused on exploration and resource interests in the Svalbard (Spitsbergen) archipelago in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate Target entity description: The Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate was a Scottish commercial and scientific venture focused on exploration and resource interests in the Svalbard (Spitsbergen) archipelago in the early 20th century.
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A.
Maud Arctic expedition
The Maud Arctic expedition was a Norwegian polar voyage led by Roald Amundsen in the early 20th century that aimed to drift across the Arctic Ocean aboard the ship Maud to advance scientific understanding of the polar regions.
-
B.
Norwegian–British expedition
The Norwegian–British expedition was a mid-20th-century mountaineering team notable for pioneering high-altitude climbs in the Hindu Kush, including the first ascent of Tirich Mir.
-
C.
Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton’s final Antarctic voyage (1921–1922), a largely scientific and exploratory mission that ended with his death in South Georgia.
-
D.
Otto Sverdrup expedition
The Otto Sverdrup expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and claimed several islands for Norway.
-
E.
Jeannette Arctic expedition
The Jeannette Arctic expedition was a late 19th-century U.S. Navy voyage that ended in disaster when its ship became trapped and crushed by ice while attempting to reach the North Pole via the Bering Strait.
- 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_69d822ee4f408190b6ac3b2fa434f0df |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded57967748190a7c05ebb74aacb7c |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe65129a588190bbad294b500f411f |
completed | May 8, 2026, 10:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe66a5f3a88190827c6c9247323153 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 10:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe6736ff34819098524e4401a414aa |
completed | May 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:55 a.m.