Powell Geographic Expedition
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The Powell Geographic Expedition was a pioneering 19th-century American exploration led by John Wesley Powell that conducted the first scientific surveys and navigations of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.
All labels observed (4)
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| 1869 Colorado River expedition | 1 |
| Powell Geographic Expedition canonical | 1 |
| Powell geographic surveys of the West | 1 |
| Powell's 1869 Colorado River expedition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18700391 — 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: Powell Geographic Expedition Context triple: [Hayden Survey, contemporaryWith, Powell Geographic Expedition]
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Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition
The Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition was an 1870 exploratory survey of the Yellowstone region whose reports helped lead to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.
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Powder River Expedition
The Powder River Expedition was an 1865 U.S. Army campaign against Plains tribes in present-day Wyoming and Montana, aimed at securing overland travel routes and asserting federal control in the northern Great Plains.
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Second Grinnell Expedition
The Second Grinnell Expedition was an 1853–1855 American Arctic voyage led by Elisha Kent Kane that searched for the lost Franklin expedition and made important geographic and scientific discoveries in the high Arctic.
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First Grinnell Expedition
The First Grinnell Expedition was an 1850–1851 American Arctic voyage launched to search for the lost Franklin expedition and explore the high northern latitudes.
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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.
- 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: Powell Geographic Expedition Target entity description: The Powell Geographic Expedition was a pioneering 19th-century American exploration led by John Wesley Powell that conducted the first scientific surveys and navigations of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.
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A.
Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition
The Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition was an 1870 exploratory survey of the Yellowstone region whose reports helped lead to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.
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B.
Powder River Expedition
The Powder River Expedition was an 1865 U.S. Army campaign against Plains tribes in present-day Wyoming and Montana, aimed at securing overland travel routes and asserting federal control in the northern Great Plains.
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C.
Second Grinnell Expedition
The Second Grinnell Expedition was an 1853–1855 American Arctic voyage led by Elisha Kent Kane that searched for the lost Franklin expedition and made important geographic and scientific discoveries in the high Arctic.
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D.
First Grinnell Expedition
The First Grinnell Expedition was an 1850–1851 American Arctic voyage launched to search for the lost Franklin expedition and explore the high northern latitudes.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
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describesEvent
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Powell's 1869 Colorado River expedition
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linked to: Powell Geographic Expedition
Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States
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influencedBy
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Powell geographic surveys of the West
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linked to: Powell Geographic Expedition
linked to: Powell Geographic Expedition