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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.