Triple
T8711097
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Wesley Powell |
E206777
|
entity |
| Predicate | expedition |
P1561
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition
The 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition was John Wesley Powell’s pioneering, perilous journey by boat through the uncharted canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers, including the first recorded passage through the Grand Canyon.
|
E753712
|
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: 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition | Statement: [John Wesley Powell, expedition, 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition Context triple: [John Wesley Powell, expedition, 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition]
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A.
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries is John Wesley Powell’s classic 19th-century account of his pioneering scientific and geographic survey of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon region.
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B.
Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters
The Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters was an 1859–1860 U.S. Army topographical survey that produced some of the earliest detailed scientific and geographic information about the northern Rocky Mountains and the Yellowstone region.
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C.
Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition
The Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition was an 1870 exploratory survey of the Yellowstone region whose reports helped lead to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.
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D.
Powder River Expedition
The Powder River Expedition was an 1865 U.S. Army campaign against Plains tribes in present-day Wyoming and Montana, aimed at securing overland travel routes and asserting federal control in the northern Great Plains.
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E.
McClure expedition
The McClure expedition was a mid-19th-century British Arctic voyage led by Robert McClure that is credited with the first traversal of the Northwest Passage, albeit partly by sledge over ice.
- 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: 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition Triple: [John Wesley Powell, expedition, 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition]
Generated description
The 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition was John Wesley Powell’s pioneering, perilous journey by boat through the uncharted canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers, including the first recorded passage through the Grand Canyon.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition Target entity description: The 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition was John Wesley Powell’s pioneering, perilous journey by boat through the uncharted canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers, including the first recorded passage through the Grand Canyon.
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A.
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
chosen
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries is John Wesley Powell’s classic 19th-century account of his pioneering scientific and geographic survey of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon region.
-
B.
Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters
The Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters was an 1859–1860 U.S. Army topographical survey that produced some of the earliest detailed scientific and geographic information about the northern Rocky Mountains and the Yellowstone region.
-
C.
Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition
The Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition was an 1870 exploratory survey of the Yellowstone region whose reports helped lead to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.
-
D.
Powder River Expedition
The Powder River Expedition was an 1865 U.S. Army campaign against Plains tribes in present-day Wyoming and Montana, aimed at securing overland travel routes and asserting federal control in the northern Great Plains.
-
E.
McClure expedition
The McClure expedition was a mid-19th-century British Arctic voyage led by Robert McClure that is credited with the first traversal of the Northwest Passage, albeit partly by sledge over ice.
- 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_69ca83572d4881909bef3be2b578d539 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5c3189f88190bb9bb77ba9d28d60 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf4290a25c81908f62e91b6d363419 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf43bd0f8c8190be2f7dc86f1e76e1 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf444c9cb08190a37f34faa4a3458d |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:35 p.m.