1857–1859 Fox expedition
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The 1857–1859 Fox expedition was an Arctic voyage led by Francis Leopold McClintock that successfully uncovered crucial evidence about the fate of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14177064 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1857–1859 Fox expedition Context triple: [Francis Leopold McClintock, notableExpedition, 1857–1859 Fox expedition]
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Gaselee Expedition
The Gaselee Expedition was an international military relief force led by British General Sir Alfred Gaselee in 1900 to lift the siege of foreign legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
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B.
Second Fram Expedition
The Second Fram Expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and significantly advanced polar geography.
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Drake–Norris Expedition
The Drake–Norris Expedition was a large but ultimately unsuccessful 1589 English naval campaign against Spain, launched shortly after the Spanish Armada in an attempt to cripple Spanish power and support Portuguese rebels.
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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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Forbes Expedition
The Forbes Expedition was a 1758 British military campaign during the French and Indian War that successfully captured Fort Duquesne, securing the Ohio Country and paving the way for the founding of Pittsburgh.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1857–1859 Fox expedition Target entity description: The 1857–1859 Fox expedition was an Arctic voyage led by Francis Leopold McClintock that successfully uncovered crucial evidence about the fate of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition.
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A.
Gaselee Expedition
The Gaselee Expedition was an international military relief force led by British General Sir Alfred Gaselee in 1900 to lift the siege of foreign legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
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B.
Second Fram Expedition
The Second Fram Expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and significantly advanced polar geography.
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C.
Drake–Norris Expedition
The Drake–Norris Expedition was a large but ultimately unsuccessful 1589 English naval campaign against Spain, launched shortly after the Spanish Armada in an attempt to cripple Spanish power and support Portuguese rebels.
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D.
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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E.
Forbes Expedition
The Forbes Expedition was a 1758 British military campaign during the French and Indian War that successfully captured Fort Duquesne, securing the Ohio Country and paving the way for the founding of Pittsburgh.
- F. None of above. chosen
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