Triple

T22817008
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject River of Doubt E565125 entity
Predicate exploredDuring P23375 FINISHED
Object Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition
The Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition was a 1913–1914 exploratory journey through the Brazilian Amazon led by former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and Brazilian marshal Cândido Rondon, notable for mapping an uncharted river and conducting scientific observations under extreme hardship.
E134545 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: Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition | Statement: [River of Doubt, exploredDuring, Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition
Context triple: [River of Doubt, exploredDuring, Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition]
  • A. 1924–1925 Amazon and Rio Branco expedition
    The 1924–1925 Amazon and Rio Branco expedition was a major exploratory and scientific journey led by Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. that mapped remote regions of the Amazon Basin and advanced geographic and ethnographic knowledge of the area.
  • B. 1916–1917 Amazon Basin expedition
    The 1916–1917 Amazon Basin expedition was an early 20th-century exploratory journey through the Amazon led by American geographer and physician Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr., aimed at mapping remote regions and studying the river system and its surrounding environment.
  • 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.
  • D. Ralph Plaisted expedition
    The Ralph Plaisted expedition was a 1968 snowmobile journey that became widely recognized as the first confirmed over-ice surface expedition to reach the geographic North Pole.
  • E. Brazilian Wilderness (with Theodore Roosevelt)
    "Brazilian Wilderness (with Theodore Roosevelt)" is a travel and exploration narrative recounting Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt’s 1913–1914 expedition through the Brazilian rainforest and down the River of Doubt.
  • 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: Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition
Triple: [River of Doubt, exploredDuring, Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition]
Generated description
The Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition was a 1913–1914 exploratory journey through the Brazilian Amazon led by former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and Brazilian marshal Cândido Rondon, notable for mapping an uncharted river and conducting scientific observations under extreme hardship.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition
Target entity description: The Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition was a 1913–1914 exploratory journey through the Brazilian Amazon led by former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and Brazilian marshal Cândido Rondon, notable for mapping an uncharted river and conducting scientific observations under extreme hardship.
  • A. 1924–1925 Amazon and Rio Branco expedition
    The 1924–1925 Amazon and Rio Branco expedition was a major exploratory and scientific journey led by Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. that mapped remote regions of the Amazon Basin and advanced geographic and ethnographic knowledge of the area.
  • B. 1916–1917 Amazon Basin expedition
    The 1916–1917 Amazon Basin expedition was an early 20th-century exploratory journey through the Amazon led by American geographer and physician Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr., aimed at mapping remote regions and studying the river system and its surrounding environment.
  • 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.
  • D. Ralph Plaisted expedition
    The Ralph Plaisted expedition was a 1968 snowmobile journey that became widely recognized as the first confirmed over-ice surface expedition to reach the geographic North Pole.
  • E. Brazilian Wilderness (with Theodore Roosevelt) chosen
    "Brazilian Wilderness (with Theodore Roosevelt)" is a travel and exploration narrative recounting Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt’s 1913–1914 expedition through the Brazilian rainforest and down the River of Doubt.
  • 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_69e2458426188190b58b8ab4844fe420 completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17dcd7da481909d591f145382725b completed April 29, 2026, 3:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b9ea6b87c819088abf95f56014724 completed May 18, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ba271f1548190afa04f8cf4d1da0b completed May 18, 2026, 11:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ba3b3cb288190a96a23d310c16d52 completed May 18, 2026, 11:41 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:33 p.m.