Triple

T2199811
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Livingstone E50461 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa is David Livingstone’s influential 1857 travel narrative detailing his explorations, missionary work, and geographical and ethnographic observations across southern Africa.
E241471 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: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | Statement: [David Livingstone, notableWork, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Context triple: [David Livingstone, notableWork, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa]
  • A. Gandhi heritage sites in South Africa
    Gandhi heritage sites in South Africa are a collection of historically significant locations associated with Mahatma Gandhi’s life, activism, and development of his philosophy during his years in the country.
  • B. Voortrekkers
    The Voortrekkers were Dutch-speaking Boer pioneers who migrated inland from the Cape Colony during the 1830s–1840s Great Trek, founding independent republics and playing a central role in early Afrikaner history.
  • C. Southern African Collection
    The Southern African Collection is a specialized garden area showcasing plant species native to southern Africa within the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Melbourne.
  • D. South African History Online
    South African History Online is a digital history project and educational resource that documents and interprets South Africa’s political, social, and cultural past, with a strong focus on anti-apartheid struggles and marginalized narratives.
  • E. Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia
    "Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia" is the published account by explorer Edward John Eyre detailing his overland explorations and observations of the Australian interior in the 1840s.
  • 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: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Triple: [David Livingstone, notableWork, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa]
Generated description
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa is David Livingstone’s influential 1857 travel narrative detailing his explorations, missionary work, and geographical and ethnographic observations across southern Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Target entity description: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa is David Livingstone’s influential 1857 travel narrative detailing his explorations, missionary work, and geographical and ethnographic observations across southern Africa.
  • A. Gandhi heritage sites in South Africa
    Gandhi heritage sites in South Africa are a collection of historically significant locations associated with Mahatma Gandhi’s life, activism, and development of his philosophy during his years in the country.
  • B. Voortrekkers
    The Voortrekkers were Dutch-speaking Boer pioneers who migrated inland from the Cape Colony during the 1830s–1840s Great Trek, founding independent republics and playing a central role in early Afrikaner history.
  • C. Southern African Collection
    The Southern African Collection is a specialized garden area showcasing plant species native to southern Africa within the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Melbourne.
  • D. South African History Online
    South African History Online is a digital history project and educational resource that documents and interprets South Africa’s political, social, and cultural past, with a strong focus on anti-apartheid struggles and marginalized narratives.
  • E. Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia
    "Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia" is the published account by explorer Edward John Eyre detailing his overland explorations and observations of the Australian interior in the 1840s.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5e4a45a08190bd96af6cda06ab35 completed March 9, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5ec4a35c8190bffc7a183497e764 completed March 9, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.