Triple
T6934624
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Matthew Calbraith Perry |
E160522
|
entity |
| Predicate | commanded |
P2333
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
U.S. naval expedition to Japan
The U.S. naval expedition to Japan was the mid-19th-century American mission that forced the opening of Japan to Western trade and diplomacy, ending over two centuries of Japanese isolation.
|
E629037
|
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: U.S. naval expedition to Japan | Statement: [Matthew Calbraith Perry, commanded, U.S. naval expedition to Japan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. naval expedition to Japan Context triple: [Matthew Calbraith Perry, commanded, U.S. naval expedition to Japan]
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A.
1871 United States expedition to Korea
The 1871 United States expedition to Korea was a U.S. naval and military operation aimed at opening trade and securing diplomatic relations with Korea, which resulted in armed conflict near Ganghwa Island.
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B.
Declaration of war on Japan
The Declaration of war on Japan was the formal U.S. congressional resolution passed on December 8, 1941, that brought the United States into World War II following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.
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C.
Japanese landings in the Moluccas
Japanese landings in the Moluccas were early World War II amphibious operations by Imperial Japan to seize the strategically important Dutch-held islands in the Maluku (Moluccas) region of the East Indies.
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D.
Iwakura Mission
The Iwakura Mission was a landmark 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic and fact-finding tour of the United States and Europe that aimed to renegotiate unequal treaties and study Western institutions to guide Japan’s modernization.
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E.
Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War
The Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War was the maritime and coastal zone in East Asia where Imperial Russia and Imperial Japan fought major naval and amphibious campaigns for control of the seas and key ports between 1904 and 1905.
- 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: U.S. naval expedition to Japan Triple: [Matthew Calbraith Perry, commanded, U.S. naval expedition to Japan]
Generated description
The U.S. naval expedition to Japan was the mid-19th-century American mission that forced the opening of Japan to Western trade and diplomacy, ending over two centuries of Japanese isolation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. naval expedition to Japan Target entity description: The U.S. naval expedition to Japan was the mid-19th-century American mission that forced the opening of Japan to Western trade and diplomacy, ending over two centuries of Japanese isolation.
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A.
1871 United States expedition to Korea
The 1871 United States expedition to Korea was a U.S. naval and military operation aimed at opening trade and securing diplomatic relations with Korea, which resulted in armed conflict near Ganghwa Island.
-
B.
Declaration of war on Japan
The Declaration of war on Japan was the formal U.S. congressional resolution passed on December 8, 1941, that brought the United States into World War II following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.
-
C.
Japanese landings in the Moluccas
Japanese landings in the Moluccas were early World War II amphibious operations by Imperial Japan to seize the strategically important Dutch-held islands in the Maluku (Moluccas) region of the East Indies.
-
D.
Iwakura Mission
The Iwakura Mission was a landmark 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic and fact-finding tour of the United States and Europe that aimed to renegotiate unequal treaties and study Western institutions to guide Japan’s modernization.
-
E.
Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War
The Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War was the maritime and coastal zone in East Asia where Imperial Russia and Imperial Japan fought major naval and amphibious campaigns for control of the seas and key ports between 1904 and 1905.
- 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_69c6884e15208190b9e91487eaafcf85 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6da429b5c8190a59901e0005a5415 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7514ead808190bff53b49b5f331fb |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7524d677c81909531ba9bb46f2632 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c752bef2808190843f3cad53aa5702 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:27 p.m.