Triple

T21494851
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Second voyage to North America (1535–1536) E530324 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object French exploration of North America
French exploration of North America was a series of 16th- and 17th-century expeditions, led by figures such as Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain, that aimed to map, claim, and exploit parts of the continent for France.
E530323 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: French exploration of North America | Statement: [Second voyage to North America (1535–1536), partOf, French exploration of North America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French exploration of North America
Context triple: [Second voyage to North America (1535–1536), partOf, French exploration of North America]
  • A. European colonization of the Americas
    European colonization of the Americas was the period beginning in the late 15th century when various European powers explored, conquered, and settled the Western Hemisphere, profoundly transforming its indigenous societies, environments, and global history.
  • B. European Discovery
    European Discovery is a European Film Award recognizing outstanding first feature films by emerging directors in European cinema.
  • C. Spanish exploration of Oceania
    Spanish exploration of Oceania was a series of 16th- and 17th-century maritime expeditions by Spain that charted and claimed parts of the Pacific, including many island groups in Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia, in pursuit of new trade routes, territories, and mythical lands.
  • D. First voyage to North America (1534)
    The First voyage to North America (1534) was Jacques Cartier’s initial expedition under the French crown that led to the European exploration and claiming of parts of what is now Canada.
  • E. France and England in North America: La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West
    "France and England in North America: La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West" is a historical work by Francis Parkman that chronicles French exploration and colonization in the Mississippi Valley and the broader struggle for empire in North America.
  • 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: French exploration of North America
Triple: [Second voyage to North America (1535–1536), partOf, French exploration of North America]
Generated description
French exploration of North America was a series of 16th- and 17th-century expeditions, led by figures such as Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain, that aimed to map, claim, and exploit parts of the continent for France.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French exploration of North America
Target entity description: French exploration of North America was a series of 16th- and 17th-century expeditions, led by figures such as Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain, that aimed to map, claim, and exploit parts of the continent for France.
  • A. European colonization of the Americas
    European colonization of the Americas was the period beginning in the late 15th century when various European powers explored, conquered, and settled the Western Hemisphere, profoundly transforming its indigenous societies, environments, and global history.
  • B. European Discovery
    European Discovery is a European Film Award recognizing outstanding first feature films by emerging directors in European cinema.
  • C. Spanish exploration of Oceania
    Spanish exploration of Oceania was a series of 16th- and 17th-century maritime expeditions by Spain that charted and claimed parts of the Pacific, including many island groups in Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia, in pursuit of new trade routes, territories, and mythical lands.
  • D. First voyage to North America (1534) chosen
    The First voyage to North America (1534) was Jacques Cartier’s initial expedition under the French crown that led to the European exploration and claiming of parts of what is now Canada.
  • E. France and England in North America: La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West
    "France and England in North America: La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West" is a historical work by Francis Parkman that chronicles French exploration and colonization in the Mississippi Valley and the broader struggle for empire in North America.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0c45bd15481909fba5910765cdda2 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e9ea575f2c81909cc0607c4b529f8d completed April 23, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09e13b7e1081909e86f2fb35277a0f completed May 17, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09e20fc78c8190938ec8f40ff98772 completed May 17, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09e2b77d90819083138b6cbe80eb85 completed May 17, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:23 p.m.