Jeannette Expedition
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The Jeannette Expedition was a late 19th-century U.S. Navy Arctic exploration mission led by George W. De Long that sought to reach the North Pole via the Bering Strait but ended in disaster when its ship, USS Jeannette, became trapped and crushed in the ice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jeannette Expedition canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21451919 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeannette Expedition Context triple: [Jeannette Island, discoveredDuring, Jeannette 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.
Astor overland expedition
The Astor overland expedition was an early 19th-century American venture that attempted to establish a transcontinental fur-trading route to the Pacific Northwest under the direction of John Jacob Astor.
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D.
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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E.
Fawcett expedition party
The Fawcett expedition party was the ill-fated early 20th-century exploration team led by British explorer Percy Fawcett that disappeared in the Amazon while searching for a supposed lost ancient city.
- 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: Jeannette Expedition Target entity description: The Jeannette Expedition was a late 19th-century U.S. Navy Arctic exploration mission led by George W. De Long that sought to reach the North Pole via the Bering Strait but ended in disaster when its ship, USS Jeannette, became trapped and crushed in the ice.
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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.
Astor overland expedition
The Astor overland expedition was an early 19th-century American venture that attempted to establish a transcontinental fur-trading route to the Pacific Northwest under the direction of John Jacob Astor.
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D.
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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E.
Fawcett expedition party
The Fawcett expedition party was the ill-fated early 20th-century exploration team led by British explorer Percy Fawcett that disappeared in the Amazon while searching for a supposed lost ancient city.
- F. None of above. chosen
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