Triple
T396293
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Victoria Falls |
E8989
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredByEuropeansBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Livingstone
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.
|
E50461
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: [Victoria Falls, discoveredByEuropeansBy, David Livingstone]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Livingstone Context triple: [Victoria Falls, discoveredByEuropeansBy, David Livingstone]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Robert Bylot
Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
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D.
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a 19th-century Boer leader who served as the first president of the South African Republic and played a key role in early Afrikaner state formation.
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E.
Jacob Roggeveen
Jacob Roggeveen was an 18th-century Dutch explorer best known for leading the expedition that first recorded European contact with Easter Island.
- 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: David Livingstone Triple: [Victoria Falls, discoveredByEuropeansBy, David Livingstone]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Livingstone Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
-
B.
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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C.
Robert Bylot
Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
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D.
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a 19th-century Boer leader who served as the first president of the South African Republic and played a key role in early Afrikaner state formation.
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E.
Jacob Roggeveen
Jacob Roggeveen was an 18th-century Dutch explorer best known for leading the expedition that first recorded European contact with Easter Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: discoveredByEuropeansBy Context triple: [Victoria Falls, discoveredByEuropeansBy, David Livingstone]
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A.
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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B.
yearOfEuropeanExploration
Indicates the specific year in which a European exploration of the referenced entity took place.
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C.
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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D.
firstContactWithEuropeans
Indicates that this marks the initial recorded encounter or interaction between a group and European people.
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E.
wasDiscoveredIn
Indicates that an entity became known or was first identified during a specific time period or at a particular place.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec8a941081909a152fda0ce24a98 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a40ad7ebec8190a0a4ee16b20cea57 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a40cc295e88190b4adb738b0ba8161 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a40d4137c48190a00522b114096bd5 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:56 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a2e96bd3848190a66ca14dfbd26da5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.