Triple
T4008172
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Qianlong Emperor |
E89576
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Macartney Embassy of 1793
The Macartney Embassy of 1793 was the first British diplomatic mission to China, led by Lord George Macartney to the court of the Qianlong Emperor in an unsuccessful attempt to expand trade and establish formal relations.
|
E406603
|
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: Macartney Embassy of 1793 | Statement: [Qianlong Emperor, notableEvent, Macartney Embassy of 1793]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macartney Embassy of 1793 Context triple: [Qianlong Emperor, notableEvent, Macartney Embassy of 1793]
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A.
Drake–Norris Expedition
The Drake–Norris Expedition was a large but ultimately unsuccessful 1589 English naval campaign against Spain, launched shortly after the Spanish Armada in an attempt to cripple Spanish power and support Portuguese rebels.
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B.
First voyage of James Cook
The First voyage of James Cook was an 18th-century British expedition to the Pacific Ocean during which Cook charted New Zealand and Australia’s eastern coastline and conducted astronomical and scientific observations.
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C.
Challenger expedition
The Challenger expedition was a pioneering 19th-century scientific voyage that laid the foundations of modern oceanography through systematic deep-sea exploration and data collection.
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D.
Transglobe Expedition
The Transglobe Expedition was a pioneering 1979–1982 journey that became the first successful circumnavigation of the Earth via both the North and South Poles.
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E.
voyage of Louis Antoine de Bougainville
The voyage of Louis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French circumnavigation of the globe that contributed significantly to European geographic knowledge and Enlightenment-era encounters with Pacific societies.
- 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: Macartney Embassy of 1793 Triple: [Qianlong Emperor, notableEvent, Macartney Embassy of 1793]
Generated description
The Macartney Embassy of 1793 was the first British diplomatic mission to China, led by Lord George Macartney to the court of the Qianlong Emperor in an unsuccessful attempt to expand trade and establish formal relations.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macartney Embassy of 1793 Target entity description: The Macartney Embassy of 1793 was the first British diplomatic mission to China, led by Lord George Macartney to the court of the Qianlong Emperor in an unsuccessful attempt to expand trade and establish formal relations.
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A.
Drake–Norris Expedition
The Drake–Norris Expedition was a large but ultimately unsuccessful 1589 English naval campaign against Spain, launched shortly after the Spanish Armada in an attempt to cripple Spanish power and support Portuguese rebels.
-
B.
First voyage of James Cook
The First voyage of James Cook was an 18th-century British expedition to the Pacific Ocean during which Cook charted New Zealand and Australia’s eastern coastline and conducted astronomical and scientific observations.
-
C.
Challenger expedition
The Challenger expedition was a pioneering 19th-century scientific voyage that laid the foundations of modern oceanography through systematic deep-sea exploration and data collection.
-
D.
Transglobe Expedition
The Transglobe Expedition was a pioneering 1979–1982 journey that became the first successful circumnavigation of the Earth via both the North and South Poles.
-
E.
voyage of Louis Antoine de Bougainville
The voyage of Louis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French circumnavigation of the globe that contributed significantly to European geographic knowledge and Enlightenment-era encounters with Pacific societies.
- 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_69aed9585e788190bec2d39deba3750f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefa647f80819081180eb267f1cfcc |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b54c6ae0ec819099c229a4cfe926f2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b54d41fa008190972411203c8a07f2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b54de8dc708190b83978b15aed2e13 |
completed | March 14, 2026, noon |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.