Triple
T2199749
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Smoke that Thunders |
E50460
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstEuropeanRecordedBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Livingstone |
E50461
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: David Livingstone | Statement: [The Smoke that Thunders, firstEuropeanRecordedBy, David Livingstone]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Livingstone Context triple: [The Smoke that Thunders, firstEuropeanRecordedBy, David Livingstone]
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A.
David Livingstone
chosen
David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
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B.
Percy Fawcett
Percy Fawcett was a British explorer and archaeologist famed for his expeditions into the Amazon rainforest and his mysterious disappearance while searching for a lost ancient city.
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C.
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes was a British imperialist, businessman, and politician in southern Africa whose wealth and will established the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.
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D.
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza was an Italian-French explorer and colonial administrator known for leading French expeditions in Central Africa and playing a key role in establishing French Congo.
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E.
Anne Speke
Anne Speke was an 18th-century British aristocrat best known as the wife of Prime Minister Lord North and a member of the influential Speke family.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstEuropeanRecordedBy Context triple: [The Smoke that Thunders, firstEuropeanRecordedBy, David Livingstone]
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A.
discoveredBy
chosen
Indicates that something was found, identified, or brought to light through the efforts or actions of a particular agent.
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B.
firstAnnouncedBy
Indicates that one entity is the original source or originator that publicly disclosed, reported, or made known another entity or item for the first time.
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C.
firstEuropeanClaimBy
Indicates that a place or territory was first formally claimed or asserted as possession by a specified European individual, group, or state.
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D.
firstMajorEuropeanTranslationBy
Indicates that the object is the first major European-language translation produced by the subject.
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E.
pioneerOf
Indicates that an entity was among the first to develop, introduce, or significantly advance another entity, concept, or practice.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69a88b044ab48190add007487680f009 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbf9e99f08190892d34485c8f2f25 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5dbb6e8481908610337cfd2a4bd1 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abbda706f4819094de73e1d1d1f539 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.