Jordan College expedition
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The Jordan College expedition is a scholarly and exploratory venture from Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials universe, organized by Oxford’s Jordan College to investigate the mysterious phenomenon of Dust and related cosmic mysteries.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16009600 — 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: Jordan College expedition Context triple: [Lee Scoresby, associatedWith, Jordan College expedition]
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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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Ralph Plaisted expedition
The Ralph Plaisted expedition was a 1968 snowmobile journey that became widely recognized as the first confirmed over-ice surface expedition to reach the geographic North Pole.
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Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition
The Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition was a late 19th-century British Arctic venture led by Frederick George Jackson that explored Franz Josef Land and contributed significantly to polar geography and the Heroic Age of polar exploration.
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Nimrod Expedition
The Nimrod Expedition was Ernest Shackleton’s 1907–1909 British Antarctic expedition that made record-setting southern and polar achievements and significantly advanced scientific and geographic knowledge of Antarctica.
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Southern Cross Expedition
The Southern Cross Expedition was a pioneering British Antarctic venture (1898–1900) led by Carsten Borchgrevink that became the first to overwinter on the Antarctic mainland and conduct extensive scientific and exploratory work there.
- 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: Jordan College expedition Target entity description: The Jordan College expedition is a scholarly and exploratory venture from Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials universe, organized by Oxford’s Jordan College to investigate the mysterious phenomenon of Dust and related cosmic mysteries.
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A.
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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B.
Ralph Plaisted expedition
The Ralph Plaisted expedition was a 1968 snowmobile journey that became widely recognized as the first confirmed over-ice surface expedition to reach the geographic North Pole.
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C.
Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition
The Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition was a late 19th-century British Arctic venture led by Frederick George Jackson that explored Franz Josef Land and contributed significantly to polar geography and the Heroic Age of polar exploration.
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D.
Nimrod Expedition
The Nimrod Expedition was Ernest Shackleton’s 1907–1909 British Antarctic expedition that made record-setting southern and polar achievements and significantly advanced scientific and geographic knowledge of Antarctica.
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E.
Southern Cross Expedition
The Southern Cross Expedition was a pioneering British Antarctic venture (1898–1900) led by Carsten Borchgrevink that became the first to overwinter on the Antarctic mainland and conduct extensive scientific and exploratory work there.
- F. None of above. chosen
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