Triple

T771415
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Late Middle Ages E16288 entity
Predicate hasMajorEvent P2955 FINISHED
Object voyages of Henry the Navigator
The voyages of Henry the Navigator were a series of 15th-century Portuguese expeditions along the West African coast that pioneered European maritime exploration and helped launch the Age of Discovery.
E91410 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: voyages of Henry the Navigator | Statement: [Late Middle Ages, hasMajorEvent, voyages of Henry the Navigator]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: voyages of Henry the Navigator
Context triple: [Late Middle Ages, hasMajorEvent, voyages of Henry the Navigator]
  • A. voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
    The voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas were a series of late 15th-century transatlantic expeditions that initiated sustained European exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere.
  • B. Bartolomeu Dias
    Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.
  • C. Henry the Navigator
    Henry the Navigator was a 15th-century Portuguese prince who sponsored pioneering voyages along the West African coast, helping launch Europe’s Age of Exploration and the Portuguese maritime empire.
  • D. Vasco da Gama
    Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese navigator who pioneered the sea route from Europe to India, becoming one of the most significant explorers of the Age of Exploration.
  • E. Magellan–Elcano expedition
    The Magellan–Elcano expedition was the early 16th-century Spanish-led voyage that achieved the first circumnavigation of the Earth, fundamentally transforming global navigation and trade.
  • 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: voyages of Henry the Navigator
Triple: [Late Middle Ages, hasMajorEvent, voyages of Henry the Navigator]
Generated description
The voyages of Henry the Navigator were a series of 15th-century Portuguese expeditions along the West African coast that pioneered European maritime exploration and helped launch the Age of Discovery.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: voyages of Henry the Navigator
Target entity description: The voyages of Henry the Navigator were a series of 15th-century Portuguese expeditions along the West African coast that pioneered European maritime exploration and helped launch the Age of Discovery.
  • A. voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas
    The voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas were a series of late 15th-century transatlantic expeditions that initiated sustained European exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere.
  • B. Bartolomeu Dias
    Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.
  • C. Henry the Navigator
    Henry the Navigator was a 15th-century Portuguese prince who sponsored pioneering voyages along the West African coast, helping launch Europe’s Age of Exploration and the Portuguese maritime empire.
  • D. Vasco da Gama
    Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese navigator who pioneered the sea route from Europe to India, becoming one of the most significant explorers of the Age of Exploration.
  • E. Magellan–Elcano expedition
    The Magellan–Elcano expedition was the early 16th-century Spanish-led voyage that achieved the first circumnavigation of the Earth, fundamentally transforming global navigation and trade.
  • 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_69a49369a0848190af883934cee3db4c completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a706abf88190a1cbc2dfbbf9968a completed March 1, 2026, 8:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a66678f7ac819095eafccf44c6588e completed March 3, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a6698255d4819095df00abfe896eac completed March 3, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a66a495cf08190b3a2e2002c089634 completed March 3, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.