Triple

T4347578
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fashoda Incident E97942 entity
Predicate militaryUnitInvolved P1063 FINISHED
Object French Marchand Mission
The French Marchand Mission was a late 19th-century French military expedition led by Major Jean-Baptiste Marchand that attempted to secure control of the Upper Nile region in Africa, culminating in the Fashoda Incident with Britain.
E432514 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: French Marchand Mission | Statement: [Fashoda Incident, militaryUnitInvolved, French Marchand Mission]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French Marchand Mission
Context triple: [Fashoda Incident, militaryUnitInvolved, French Marchand Mission]
  • A. Jesuits in New France
    Jesuits in New France were members of the Society of Jesus who led Catholic missionary, educational, and cultural efforts among Indigenous peoples and French settlers in the North American colonies of France from the 17th to 18th centuries.
  • B. Claretian Missionaries
    The Claretian Missionaries are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret, known for their global evangelization, educational, and social outreach work, particularly in former Spanish mission territories.
  • C. Congregation of the Mission
    The Congregation of the Mission is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of priests and brothers founded by St. Vincent de Paul, dedicated especially to evangelizing the poor and training clergy.
  • D. Jesuit missionaries
    Jesuit missionaries were members of the Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola who played a major role in global evangelization, education, and cultural exchange from the 16th century onward, particularly in Asia and the Americas.
  • E. Missionaries of Africa
    The Missionaries of Africa, also known as the White Fathers, are a Roman Catholic missionary society founded in 1868 that focuses on evangelization, education, and social development primarily across the African continent.
  • 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: French Marchand Mission
Triple: [Fashoda Incident, militaryUnitInvolved, French Marchand Mission]
Generated description
The French Marchand Mission was a late 19th-century French military expedition led by Major Jean-Baptiste Marchand that attempted to secure control of the Upper Nile region in Africa, culminating in the Fashoda Incident with Britain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French Marchand Mission
Target entity description: The French Marchand Mission was a late 19th-century French military expedition led by Major Jean-Baptiste Marchand that attempted to secure control of the Upper Nile region in Africa, culminating in the Fashoda Incident with Britain.
  • A. Jesuits in New France
    Jesuits in New France were members of the Society of Jesus who led Catholic missionary, educational, and cultural efforts among Indigenous peoples and French settlers in the North American colonies of France from the 17th to 18th centuries.
  • B. Claretian Missionaries
    The Claretian Missionaries are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret, known for their global evangelization, educational, and social outreach work, particularly in former Spanish mission territories.
  • C. Congregation of the Mission
    The Congregation of the Mission is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of priests and brothers founded by St. Vincent de Paul, dedicated especially to evangelizing the poor and training clergy.
  • D. Jesuit missionaries
    Jesuit missionaries were members of the Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola who played a major role in global evangelization, education, and cultural exchange from the 16th century onward, particularly in Asia and the Americas.
  • E. Missionaries of Africa
    The Missionaries of Africa, also known as the White Fathers, are a Roman Catholic missionary society founded in 1868 that focuses on evangelization, education, and social development primarily across the African continent.
  • 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_69b34548402c819085ab68b27c235a87 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351a5559c819081608b0aaf6a0e66 completed March 12, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5dba958b88190b1b4efe4274cd060 completed March 14, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5dc1eedc08190b50b72b59cf1dcf0 completed March 14, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5dcbf4d5081908d24bce8e2769124 completed March 14, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:15 p.m.