1962 Central Pillar of Freney expedition
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The 1962 Central Pillar of Freney expedition was a landmark and tragic alpine climb on the south face of Mont Blanc, remembered for its severe storms, multiple fatalities, and its role in shaping modern high-altitude mountaineering.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19878347 — 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: 1962 Central Pillar of Freney expedition Context triple: [Chris Bonington, notableExpedition, 1962 Central Pillar of Freney expedition]
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expedition of Nakhla
The expedition of Nakhla was a pivotal early Muslim raid against a Quraysh caravan near Mecca that intensified tensions and helped precipitate larger battles in the early Islamic period.
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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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Austrian expedition
The Austrian expedition was a mountaineering team from Austria known for achieving the first successful ascent of the Himalayan peak Gangapurna.
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German Tendaguru Expedition
The German Tendaguru Expedition was an early 20th-century paleontological campaign in what is now Tanzania that uncovered some of the world’s most important Late Jurassic dinosaur fossils.
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Sapri expedition
The Sapri expedition was an 1857 failed insurrectionary landing in southern Italy led by Carlo Pisacane, aimed at sparking a popular uprising against the Bourbon monarchy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
- 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: 1962 Central Pillar of Freney expedition Target entity description: The 1962 Central Pillar of Freney expedition was a landmark and tragic alpine climb on the south face of Mont Blanc, remembered for its severe storms, multiple fatalities, and its role in shaping modern high-altitude mountaineering.
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A.
expedition of Nakhla
The expedition of Nakhla was a pivotal early Muslim raid against a Quraysh caravan near Mecca that intensified tensions and helped precipitate larger battles in the early Islamic period.
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B.
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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C.
Austrian expedition
The Austrian expedition was a mountaineering team from Austria known for achieving the first successful ascent of the Himalayan peak Gangapurna.
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D.
German Tendaguru Expedition
The German Tendaguru Expedition was an early 20th-century paleontological campaign in what is now Tanzania that uncovered some of the world’s most important Late Jurassic dinosaur fossils.
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E.
Sapri expedition
The Sapri expedition was an 1857 failed insurrectionary landing in southern Italy led by Carlo Pisacane, aimed at sparking a popular uprising against the Bourbon monarchy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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