Triple
T17362310
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William John Burchell |
E422098
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa |
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NE ONDG |
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: Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa | Statement: [William John Burchell, notableWork, Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa Context triple: [William John Burchell, notableWork, Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa]
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A.
Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries
"Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries" is a 19th-century travel and exploration account by David Livingstone detailing his journeys, observations, and missionary work in the Zambezi River region of southern Africa.
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B.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa is David Livingstone’s influential 1857 travel narrative detailing his explorations, missionary work, and geographical and ethnographic observations across southern Africa.
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C.
Bechuanaland Expedition
The Bechuanaland Expedition was a British military campaign in the mid-1880s aimed at asserting imperial control and restoring order in the Bechuanaland region of southern Africa.
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D.
Zambezi expedition
The Zambezi expedition was a mid-19th-century British exploratory and scientific journey, led by David Livingstone, aimed at charting the Zambezi River and assessing its potential for commerce and missionary work in central Africa.
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E.
Regenstein African Journey
Regenstein African Journey is an immersive exhibit at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo that showcases African wildlife and habitats through indoor and outdoor viewing areas.
- 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: Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa Triple: [William John Burchell, notableWork, Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa]
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa Target entity description: Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa is a 19th-century travel narrative and natural history work by explorer William John Burchell, documenting his extensive journeys, observations, and scientific collections in southern Africa.
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A.
Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries
"Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries" is a 19th-century travel and exploration account by David Livingstone detailing his journeys, observations, and missionary work in the Zambezi River region of southern Africa.
-
B.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa is David Livingstone’s influential 1857 travel narrative detailing his explorations, missionary work, and geographical and ethnographic observations across southern Africa.
-
C.
Bechuanaland Expedition
The Bechuanaland Expedition was a British military campaign in the mid-1880s aimed at asserting imperial control and restoring order in the Bechuanaland region of southern Africa.
-
D.
Zambezi expedition
The Zambezi expedition was a mid-19th-century British exploratory and scientific journey, led by David Livingstone, aimed at charting the Zambezi River and assessing its potential for commerce and missionary work in central Africa.
-
E.
Regenstein African Journey
Regenstein African Journey is an immersive exhibit at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo that showcases African wildlife and habitats through indoor and outdoor viewing areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (4 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_69d889d520008190a26917a95bf1c2ea |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e43a4e3c3481909dfaa00334c5010e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0195609d988190b7a70f8eabf75eaa |
completed | May 11, 2026, 8:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a01962ae4848190b2aad8e19bf6522f |
in_progress | May 11, 2026, 8:41 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m.