Triple
T2637106
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Victoria Nile |
E59770
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredByEuropeans |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Hanning Speke
John Hanning Speke was a 19th-century British explorer best known for his expeditions in East Africa and for identifying Lake Victoria as the principal source of the Nile.
|
E283664
|
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: John Hanning Speke | Statement: [Victoria Nile, discoveredByEuropeans, John Hanning Speke]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hanning Speke Context triple: [Victoria Nile, discoveredByEuropeans, John Hanning Speke]
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A.
David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
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B.
Henry Morton Stanley
Henry Morton Stanley was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist best known for his expeditions in central Africa and his famous encounter with missionary David Livingstone.
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C.
Anne Speke
Anne Speke was an 18th-century British aristocrat best known as the wife of Prime Minister Lord North and a member of the influential Speke family.
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D.
Percy Fawcett
Percy Fawcett was a British explorer and archaeologist famed for his expeditions into the Amazon rainforest and his mysterious disappearance while searching for a lost ancient city.
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E.
James Nares
James Nares was an 18th-century English composer and organist best known for his church music and service as a prominent royal chapel musician.
- 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: John Hanning Speke Triple: [Victoria Nile, discoveredByEuropeans, John Hanning Speke]
Generated description
John Hanning Speke was a 19th-century British explorer best known for his expeditions in East Africa and for identifying Lake Victoria as the principal source of the Nile.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hanning Speke Target entity description: John Hanning Speke was a 19th-century British explorer best known for his expeditions in East Africa and for identifying Lake Victoria as the principal source of the Nile.
-
A.
David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
-
B.
Henry Morton Stanley
Henry Morton Stanley was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist best known for his expeditions in central Africa and his famous encounter with missionary David Livingstone.
-
C.
Anne Speke
Anne Speke was an 18th-century British aristocrat best known as the wife of Prime Minister Lord North and a member of the influential Speke family.
-
D.
Percy Fawcett
Percy Fawcett was a British explorer and archaeologist famed for his expeditions into the Amazon rainforest and his mysterious disappearance while searching for a lost ancient city.
-
E.
James Nares
James Nares was an 18th-century English composer and organist best known for his church music and service as a prominent royal chapel musician.
- 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_69ab4ac8596c8190b34997e73d9e991c |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd8e3190081908ea828fe79569cc9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:50 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af90b3e9b48190857ae21022a4fb15 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af922043508190a9a9ceced2425109 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af927bb1d0819081ab11eb4470e28d |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.