Triple
T20712961
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Djadokhta Formation |
E509092
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Central Asiatic Expeditions
Central Asiatic Expeditions were a series of early 20th-century American Museum of Natural History-led scientific explorations in Mongolia and northern China, renowned for pioneering paleontological discoveries in the Gobi Desert.
|
E1447355
|
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: Central Asiatic Expeditions | Statement: [Djadokhta Formation, discoveredBy, Central Asiatic Expeditions]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Asiatic Expeditions Context triple: [Djadokhta Formation, discoveredBy, Central Asiatic Expeditions]
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A.
Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition
Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition was an early 20th-century archaeological and geographical journey across Central Asian deserts that yielded major discoveries of ancient manuscripts, art, and ruins along the Silk Road.
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B.
German Turfan expeditions
The German Turfan expeditions were a series of early 20th-century archaeological and scholarly missions to the Turfan region of Chinese Central Asia that collected and studied ancient manuscripts, artworks, and cultural artifacts from Silk Road civilizations.
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C.
Explorers of Asia
Explorers of Asia were European navigators and adventurers who led early maritime and overland expeditions to chart, trade with, and colonize various regions of the Asian continent.
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D.
Central Asia and Tibet (by Sven Hedin)
"Central Asia and Tibet" is a multi-volume travel and exploration narrative by Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, documenting his pioneering expeditions, geographic discoveries, and ethnographic observations across the remote regions of Central Asia and the Tibetan Plateau in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Asiatic Researches
Asiatic Researches was a pioneering scholarly journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal that published early Western research on the history, languages, sciences, and cultures of Asia.
- 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: Central Asiatic Expeditions Triple: [Djadokhta Formation, discoveredBy, Central Asiatic Expeditions]
Generated description
Central Asiatic Expeditions were a series of early 20th-century American Museum of Natural History-led scientific explorations in Mongolia and northern China, renowned for pioneering paleontological discoveries in the Gobi Desert.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Asiatic Expeditions Target entity description: Central Asiatic Expeditions were a series of early 20th-century American Museum of Natural History-led scientific explorations in Mongolia and northern China, renowned for pioneering paleontological discoveries in the Gobi Desert.
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A.
Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition
Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition was an early 20th-century archaeological and geographical journey across Central Asian deserts that yielded major discoveries of ancient manuscripts, art, and ruins along the Silk Road.
-
B.
German Turfan expeditions
The German Turfan expeditions were a series of early 20th-century archaeological and scholarly missions to the Turfan region of Chinese Central Asia that collected and studied ancient manuscripts, artworks, and cultural artifacts from Silk Road civilizations.
-
C.
Explorers of Asia
Explorers of Asia were European navigators and adventurers who led early maritime and overland expeditions to chart, trade with, and colonize various regions of the Asian continent.
-
D.
Central Asia and Tibet (by Sven Hedin)
"Central Asia and Tibet" is a multi-volume travel and exploration narrative by Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, documenting his pioneering expeditions, geographic discoveries, and ethnographic observations across the remote regions of Central Asia and the Tibetan Plateau in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
E.
Asiatic Researches
Asiatic Researches was a pioneering scholarly journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal that published early Western research on the history, languages, sciences, and cultures of Asia.
- 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_69e0b4c40ad88190b81f77695366d328 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c1ce84e48190922db93ed4b5d21b |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08e04f58648190acf2cdc03ada05a4 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a08e15d93ec8190bbe859fb42a4a5ac |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08e25d8cb08190ba75b792aac192ab |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:15 p.m.