Triple

T21138272
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Pelliot E520867 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908)
The French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908) was an archaeological and scholarly mission led by sinologist Paul Pelliot to explore, document, and collect Central Asian manuscripts and artifacts along the Silk Road.
E1469001 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: French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908) | Statement: [Paul Pelliot, knownFor, French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908)
Context triple: [Paul Pelliot, knownFor, French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908)]
  • A. Bourmont expedition of 1830
    The Bourmont expedition of 1830 was a French military campaign led by General Louis de Bourmont against Algiers, which initiated France’s colonial conquest of Algeria.
  • B. 1866 French campaign against Korea
    The 1866 French campaign against Korea was a punitive military expedition by France against the Joseon dynasty, launched in retaliation for the execution of French Catholic missionaries and resulting in a brief but significant clash that opened Korea to greater foreign pressure.
  • C. Anglo-Russian expeditionary corps
    The Anglo-Russian expeditionary corps was a joint British and Russian military force deployed to the Netherlands in 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition in an attempt to challenge French control.
  • D. Tigris expedition
    The Tigris expedition was a 1978 reed-boat voyage led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl to demonstrate possible ancient maritime contacts between Mesopotamia and neighboring civilizations.
  • E. Amur River expedition
    The Amur River expedition was a 17th-century Russian exploratory and military campaign led by Yerofey Khabarov that advanced Russian influence into the Amur River basin in the Far East.
  • 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: French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908)
Triple: [Paul Pelliot, knownFor, French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908)]
Generated description
The French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908) was an archaeological and scholarly mission led by sinologist Paul Pelliot to explore, document, and collect Central Asian manuscripts and artifacts along the Silk Road.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908)
Target entity description: The French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908) was an archaeological and scholarly mission led by sinologist Paul Pelliot to explore, document, and collect Central Asian manuscripts and artifacts along the Silk Road.
  • A. Bourmont expedition of 1830
    The Bourmont expedition of 1830 was a French military campaign led by General Louis de Bourmont against Algiers, which initiated France’s colonial conquest of Algeria.
  • B. 1866 French campaign against Korea
    The 1866 French campaign against Korea was a punitive military expedition by France against the Joseon dynasty, launched in retaliation for the execution of French Catholic missionaries and resulting in a brief but significant clash that opened Korea to greater foreign pressure.
  • C. Anglo-Russian expeditionary corps
    The Anglo-Russian expeditionary corps was a joint British and Russian military force deployed to the Netherlands in 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition in an attempt to challenge French control.
  • D. Tigris expedition
    The Tigris expedition was a 1978 reed-boat voyage led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl to demonstrate possible ancient maritime contacts between Mesopotamia and neighboring civilizations.
  • E. Amur River expedition
    The Amur River expedition was a 17th-century Russian exploratory and military campaign led by Yerofey Khabarov that advanced Russian influence into the Amur River basin in the Far East.
  • 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_69e0b50b53048190ae34e8abbe3c5ada completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e7235d1c788190a28577a753532b2a completed April 21, 2026, 7:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a096dba49b08190b575d866a8b02998 completed May 17, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a096e9ddbe481909a27549d7458fda6 completed May 17, 2026, 7:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a096f5e96cc8190b3be5a773868bd32 completed May 17, 2026, 7:33 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:57 p.m.