Triple

T18935718
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edwin James E463240 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Stephen Harriman Long expedition
The Stephen Harriman Long expedition was a U.S. government-sponsored early 19th-century exploratory journey that surveyed the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions, significantly shaping American geographic and scientific understanding of the West.
E1350021 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: Stephen Harriman Long expedition | Statement: [Edwin James, employer, Stephen Harriman Long expedition]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Harriman Long expedition
Context triple: [Edwin James, employer, Stephen Harriman Long expedition]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Lewis and Clark Expedition
    The Lewis and Clark Expedition was an early 19th-century American exploratory journey that mapped and studied the newly acquired western territories, establishing routes and relations that greatly expanded U.S. geographic and scientific knowledge.
  • C. Powell Geographic Expedition
    The Powell Geographic Expedition was a pioneering 19th-century American exploration led by John Wesley Powell that conducted the first scientific surveys and navigations of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.
  • 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. Red River Expedition
    The Red River Expedition was a Canadian military campaign in 1870 sent to the Red River Colony (in present-day Manitoba) to assert federal authority and respond to Louis Riel’s provisional government during the Red River Rebellion.
  • 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: Stephen Harriman Long expedition
Triple: [Edwin James, employer, Stephen Harriman Long expedition]
Generated description
The Stephen Harriman Long expedition was a U.S. government-sponsored early 19th-century exploratory journey that surveyed the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions, significantly shaping American geographic and scientific understanding of the West.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Harriman Long expedition
Target entity description: The Stephen Harriman Long expedition was a U.S. government-sponsored early 19th-century exploratory journey that surveyed the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions, significantly shaping American geographic and scientific understanding of the West.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Lewis and Clark Expedition
    The Lewis and Clark Expedition was an early 19th-century American exploratory journey that mapped and studied the newly acquired western territories, establishing routes and relations that greatly expanded U.S. geographic and scientific knowledge.
  • C. Powell Geographic Expedition
    The Powell Geographic Expedition was a pioneering 19th-century American exploration led by John Wesley Powell that conducted the first scientific surveys and navigations of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.
  • 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. Red River Expedition
    The Red River Expedition was a Canadian military campaign in 1870 sent to the Red River Colony (in present-day Manitoba) to assert federal authority and respond to Louis Riel’s provisional government during the Red River Rebellion.
  • 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_69d8dcfec90481909e926be9767e5779 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5d3e6a8208190973669cae439a91e completed April 20, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a059124ad7481908fda2dfe1e0b54ed completed May 14, 2026, 9:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05965ab9a081909e430d9bef63c820 completed May 14, 2026, 9:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0596c2ee4c8190b3b4db9afa4d1bed completed May 14, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:59 a.m.