Triple
T590182
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Upper Mississippi Valley |
E17248
|
entity |
| Predicate | wasExploredBy |
P1562
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Louis Jolliet
Louis Jolliet was a 17th-century French-Canadian explorer best known for his joint expedition with Jacques Marquette that mapped the Mississippi River and advanced French claims in North America.
|
E77359
|
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: Louis Jolliet | Statement: [Upper Mississippi Valley, wasExploredBy, Louis Jolliet]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Jolliet Context triple: [Upper Mississippi Valley, wasExploredBy, Louis Jolliet]
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A.
Jacques Marquette
Jacques Marquette was a 17th-century French Jesuit missionary and explorer known for his expeditions in the Great Lakes region and along the Mississippi River.
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B.
Pierre Laclède
Pierre Laclède was an 18th-century French fur trader and colonial entrepreneur best known for establishing the settlement that became St. Louis, Missouri.
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C.
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish-Canadian explorer famed for leading overland expeditions across North America, including the first recorded transcontinental journey to the Pacific north of Mexico.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was a French colonial administrator and explorer who played a key role in the early history of Louisiana and served multiple terms as governor of French Louisiana.
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E.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Detroit in New France.
- 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: Louis Jolliet Triple: [Upper Mississippi Valley, wasExploredBy, Louis Jolliet]
Generated description
Louis Jolliet was a 17th-century French-Canadian explorer best known for his joint expedition with Jacques Marquette that mapped the Mississippi River and advanced French claims in North America.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Jolliet Target entity description: Louis Jolliet was a 17th-century French-Canadian explorer best known for his joint expedition with Jacques Marquette that mapped the Mississippi River and advanced French claims in North America.
-
A.
Jacques Marquette
Jacques Marquette was a 17th-century French Jesuit missionary and explorer known for his expeditions in the Great Lakes region and along the Mississippi River.
-
B.
Pierre Laclède
Pierre Laclède was an 18th-century French fur trader and colonial entrepreneur best known for establishing the settlement that became St. Louis, Missouri.
-
C.
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish-Canadian explorer famed for leading overland expeditions across North America, including the first recorded transcontinental journey to the Pacific north of Mexico.
-
D.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was a French colonial administrator and explorer who played a key role in the early history of Louisiana and served multiple terms as governor of French Louisiana.
-
E.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for establishing the settlement that became the city of Detroit in New France.
- 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49d2a5f5481908bb9a71ff0f534d4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a55a734f6c8190a141dafc03dd2e77 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a55b3c0d008190bb5fca8cb4aa6df5 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a55b8812648190b4b35f630f0003a0 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.