Triple

T15369066
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Matonabbee E367493 entity
Predicate participantIn P149 FINISHED
Object Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean
Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean was an overland journey across northern Canada that produced the first European documentation of the Coppermine River and parts of the central Arctic, significantly expanding geographic and ethnographic knowledge of the region.
E74994 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: Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean | Statement: [Matonabbee, participantIn, Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean
Context triple: [Matonabbee, participantIn, Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean]
  • A. first overland expedition to the Arctic Ocean (1819–1822)
    The first overland expedition to the Arctic Ocean (1819–1822) was a British exploratory journey led by John Franklin that aimed to chart the northern coast of Canada and significantly advanced geographic knowledge of the Arctic.
  • B. Hudson's 1610–1611 voyage to Hudson Bay
    Hudson's 1610–1611 voyage to Hudson Bay was Henry Hudson’s final Arctic expedition in search of the Northwest Passage, which resulted in the extensive exploration of Hudson Bay and ended in mutiny and Hudson’s disappearance.
  • C. Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition
    Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition was the early 20th-century Arctic voyage during which Amundsen and his crew became the first to successfully navigate the entire Northwest Passage by sea.
  • D. Barentsz’s Arctic expeditions
    Barentsz’s Arctic expeditions were late 16th-century Dutch voyages led by Willem Barentsz in search of a Northeast Passage to Asia, which significantly advanced European exploration and mapping of the Arctic.
  • E. Samuel Hearne
    Samuel Hearne was an 18th-century English explorer and fur trader best known for his overland expeditions in northern Canada, which helped map the Arctic interior and assess routes toward the Northwest Passage.
  • 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: Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean
Triple: [Matonabbee, participantIn, Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean]
Generated description
Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean was an overland journey across northern Canada that produced the first European documentation of the Coppermine River and parts of the central Arctic, significantly expanding geographic and ethnographic knowledge of the region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean
Target entity description: Samuel Hearne's 1769–1772 expedition to the Arctic Ocean was an overland journey across northern Canada that produced the first European documentation of the Coppermine River and parts of the central Arctic, significantly expanding geographic and ethnographic knowledge of the region.
  • A. first overland expedition to the Arctic Ocean (1819–1822)
    The first overland expedition to the Arctic Ocean (1819–1822) was a British exploratory journey led by John Franklin that aimed to chart the northern coast of Canada and significantly advanced geographic knowledge of the Arctic.
  • B. Hudson's 1610–1611 voyage to Hudson Bay
    Hudson's 1610–1611 voyage to Hudson Bay was Henry Hudson’s final Arctic expedition in search of the Northwest Passage, which resulted in the extensive exploration of Hudson Bay and ended in mutiny and Hudson’s disappearance.
  • C. Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition
    Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition was the early 20th-century Arctic voyage during which Amundsen and his crew became the first to successfully navigate the entire Northwest Passage by sea.
  • D. Barentsz’s Arctic expeditions
    Barentsz’s Arctic expeditions were late 16th-century Dutch voyages led by Willem Barentsz in search of a Northeast Passage to Asia, which significantly advanced European exploration and mapping of the Arctic.
  • E. Samuel Hearne chosen
    Samuel Hearne was an 18th-century English explorer and fur trader best known for his overland expeditions in northern Canada, which helped map the Arctic interior and assess routes toward the Northwest Passage.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d85a1483788190ad93c2748e8af34b completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03e4b88a881909f9575c02aed287d completed April 16, 2026, 1:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff0b50703881909ca71c985bc1c7b5 completed May 9, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff0cb1b9188190b0eb99661d26206f completed May 9, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff0d3182f08190abd463d921e1830e completed May 9, 2026, 10:32 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:18 a.m.