1916–1917 Amazon Basin expedition
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The 1916–1917 Amazon Basin expedition was an early 20th-century exploratory journey through the Amazon led by American geographer and physician Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr., aimed at mapping remote regions and studying the river system and its surrounding environment.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14097351 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1916–1917 Amazon Basin expedition Context triple: [Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr., notableExpedition, 1916–1917 Amazon Basin expedition]
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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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Nickajack Expedition
The Nickajack Expedition was a 1794 military campaign by American frontier forces against Chickamauga Cherokee strongholds near present-day Tennessee, aimed at ending raids on frontier settlements.
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McClure expedition
The McClure expedition was a mid-19th-century British Arctic voyage led by Robert McClure that is credited with the first traversal of the Northwest Passage, albeit partly by sledge over ice.
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Zambezi expedition
The Zambezi expedition was a mid-19th-century British exploratory and scientific journey, led by David Livingstone, aimed at charting the Zambezi River and assessing its potential for commerce and missionary work in central Africa.
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E.
Granma expedition
The Granma expedition was the 1956 seaborne journey in which Fidel Castro and his followers sailed from Mexico to Cuba to launch the guerrilla war that ignited the Cuban Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1916–1917 Amazon Basin expedition Target entity description: The 1916–1917 Amazon Basin expedition was an early 20th-century exploratory journey through the Amazon led by American geographer and physician Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr., aimed at mapping remote regions and studying the river system and its surrounding environment.
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A.
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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B.
Nickajack Expedition
The Nickajack Expedition was a 1794 military campaign by American frontier forces against Chickamauga Cherokee strongholds near present-day Tennessee, aimed at ending raids on frontier settlements.
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C.
McClure expedition
The McClure expedition was a mid-19th-century British Arctic voyage led by Robert McClure that is credited with the first traversal of the Northwest Passage, albeit partly by sledge over ice.
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D.
Zambezi expedition
The Zambezi expedition was a mid-19th-century British exploratory and scientific journey, led by David Livingstone, aimed at charting the Zambezi River and assessing its potential for commerce and missionary work in central Africa.
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E.
Granma expedition
The Granma expedition was the 1956 seaborne journey in which Fidel Castro and his followers sailed from Mexico to Cuba to launch the guerrilla war that ignited the Cuban Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
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