Triple

T3312462
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kingdom of Benin E69603 entity
Predicate event P1664 FINISHED
Object Benin Expedition of 1897
The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a British punitive military campaign that led to the violent conquest and looting of the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria, resulting in the exile of its oba and the dispersal of the famed Benin Bronzes.
E345737 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: Benin Expedition of 1897 | Statement: [Kingdom of Benin, event, Benin Expedition of 1897]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benin Expedition of 1897
Context triple: [Kingdom of Benin, event, Benin Expedition of 1897]
  • A. Fashoda Incident
    The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
  • B. Congo Expedition
    Congo Expedition is an African rainforest-themed exhibit area at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium featuring species and habitats from the Congo Basin.
  • C. Battle of Gabon
    The Battle of Gabon was a 1940 World War II campaign in French Equatorial Africa in which Free French and Allied forces seized control of Vichy-held Gabon, consolidating Free French authority in central Africa.
  • D. Bourmont expedition of 1830
    The Bourmont expedition of 1830 was a French military campaign led by General Louis de Bourmont against Algiers, which initiated France’s colonial conquest of Algeria.
  • E. Gordon Relief Expedition
    The Gordon Relief Expedition was a British military mission in 1884–1885 sent up the Nile to attempt to rescue General Charles Gordon and relieve the besieged city of Khartoum during the Mahdist War in Sudan.
  • 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: Benin Expedition of 1897
Triple: [Kingdom of Benin, event, Benin Expedition of 1897]
Generated description
The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a British punitive military campaign that led to the violent conquest and looting of the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria, resulting in the exile of its oba and the dispersal of the famed Benin Bronzes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benin Expedition of 1897
Target entity description: The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a British punitive military campaign that led to the violent conquest and looting of the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria, resulting in the exile of its oba and the dispersal of the famed Benin Bronzes.
  • A. Fashoda Incident
    The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
  • B. Congo Expedition
    Congo Expedition is an African rainforest-themed exhibit area at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium featuring species and habitats from the Congo Basin.
  • C. Battle of Gabon
    The Battle of Gabon was a 1940 World War II campaign in French Equatorial Africa in which Free French and Allied forces seized control of Vichy-held Gabon, consolidating Free French authority in central Africa.
  • D. Bourmont expedition of 1830
    The Bourmont expedition of 1830 was a French military campaign led by General Louis de Bourmont against Algiers, which initiated France’s colonial conquest of Algeria.
  • E. Gordon Relief Expedition
    The Gordon Relief Expedition was a British military mission in 1884–1885 sent up the Nile to attempt to rescue General Charles Gordon and relieve the besieged city of Khartoum during the Mahdist War in Sudan.
  • 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_69ad85a0bb048190a5458d2738012d61 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb0eddf488190b7f05b3903b96d4b completed March 8, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2f3f3ece08190b488be792d57a653 completed March 12, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2fa431f4c819088c6e0afd4f2f774 completed March 12, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2fe1d4f9c8190a8d4f1206c551671 completed March 12, 2026, 5:55 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.