Triple

T16490991
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Watkins Range E400565 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object British Arctic Air Route Expedition
The British Arctic Air Route Expedition was a 1930–31 British scientific and exploratory mission to Greenland that conducted pioneering surveys, meteorological studies, and mapping in preparation for potential trans-Arctic air routes.
E1216589 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: British Arctic Air Route Expedition | Statement: [Watkins Range, discoveredBy, British Arctic Air Route Expedition]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Arctic Air Route Expedition
Context triple: [Watkins Range, discoveredBy, British Arctic Air Route Expedition]
  • A. Byrd Antarctic Expedition I
    Byrd Antarctic Expedition I was a pioneering late-1920s American scientific and exploratory mission to Antarctica led by aviator and polar explorer Richard E. Byrd, notable for its extensive use of aircraft and radio.
  • B. Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
    The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton’s final Antarctic voyage (1921–1922), a largely scientific and exploratory mission that ended with his death in South Georgia.
  • C. Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean
    The Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean was Fridtjof Nansen’s pioneering late-19th-century polar voyage that used a specially designed ship to drift with the pack ice in an attempt to reach the North Pole and advance scientific understanding of the Arctic.
  • D. Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition
    The Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition was a 1926 polar venture led by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Umberto Nobile that achieved the first verified crossing of the Arctic Ocean by airship.
  • E. Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition
    Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition was the early 20th-century Arctic voyage during which Amundsen and his crew became the first to successfully navigate the entire Northwest Passage by sea.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: British Arctic Air Route Expedition
Triple: [Watkins Range, discoveredBy, British Arctic Air Route Expedition]
Generated description
The British Arctic Air Route Expedition was a 1930–31 British scientific and exploratory mission to Greenland that conducted pioneering surveys, meteorological studies, and mapping in preparation for potential trans-Arctic air routes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Arctic Air Route Expedition
Target entity description: The British Arctic Air Route Expedition was a 1930–31 British scientific and exploratory mission to Greenland that conducted pioneering surveys, meteorological studies, and mapping in preparation for potential trans-Arctic air routes.
  • A. Byrd Antarctic Expedition I
    Byrd Antarctic Expedition I was a pioneering late-1920s American scientific and exploratory mission to Antarctica led by aviator and polar explorer Richard E. Byrd, notable for its extensive use of aircraft and radio.
  • B. Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
    The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton’s final Antarctic voyage (1921–1922), a largely scientific and exploratory mission that ended with his death in South Georgia.
  • C. Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean
    The Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean was Fridtjof Nansen’s pioneering late-19th-century polar voyage that used a specially designed ship to drift with the pack ice in an attempt to reach the North Pole and advance scientific understanding of the Arctic.
  • D. Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition
    The Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition was a 1926 polar venture led by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Umberto Nobile that achieved the first verified crossing of the Arctic Ocean by airship.
  • E. Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition
    Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage expedition was the early 20th-century Arctic voyage during which Amundsen and his crew became the first to successfully navigate the entire Northwest Passage by sea.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d883813098819084f5409539723b59 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32e300a248190a3d4ca96a0a176cf completed April 18, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0058266b8c8190adc0974025553783 completed May 10, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0058919c148190b0fae3d33e62377f completed May 10, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0059da52dc8190ad1a4ed4a659be26 completed May 10, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:13 a.m.