Triple

T22329735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ra II papyrus boat E551990 entity
Predicate expeditionName P59805 FINISHED
Object Ra II expedition
The Ra II expedition was Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1970 transatlantic voyage in a papyrus reed boat, undertaken to demonstrate the possibility of ancient sea crossings between Africa and the Americas.
E1531869 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: Ra II expedition | Statement: [Ra II papyrus boat, expeditionName, Ra II expedition]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ra II expedition
Context triple: [Ra II papyrus boat, expeditionName, Ra II expedition]
  • A. Ra I expedition
    The Ra I expedition was Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1969 attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a papyrus-reed boat to demonstrate the possibility of ancient transoceanic contact between African and American civilizations.
  • B. Nile Expedition
    The Nile Expedition, formally known as the Gordon Relief Expedition, was a British military campaign in 1884–1885 aimed at relieving General Charles Gordon during the Mahdist War in Sudan.
  • C. expedition of Nakhla
    The expedition of Nakhla was a pivotal early Muslim raid against a Quraysh caravan near Mecca that intensified tensions and helped precipitate larger battles in the early Islamic period.
  • D. Punt expedition
    The Punt expedition was a significant trading voyage organized by the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut to the fabled Land of Punt, renowned for bringing back luxury goods such as incense, myrrh trees, and exotic animals, and famously depicted on the walls of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.
  • E. Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition
    The Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition was a late 19th-century British Arctic venture led by Frederick George Jackson that explored Franz Josef Land and contributed significantly to polar geography and the Heroic Age of polar exploration.
  • 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: Ra II expedition
Triple: [Ra II papyrus boat, expeditionName, Ra II expedition]
Generated description
The Ra II expedition was Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1970 transatlantic voyage in a papyrus reed boat, undertaken to demonstrate the possibility of ancient sea crossings between Africa and the Americas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ra II expedition
Target entity description: The Ra II expedition was Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1970 transatlantic voyage in a papyrus reed boat, undertaken to demonstrate the possibility of ancient sea crossings between Africa and the Americas.
  • A. Ra I expedition
    The Ra I expedition was Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1969 attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a papyrus-reed boat to demonstrate the possibility of ancient transoceanic contact between African and American civilizations.
  • B. Nile Expedition
    The Nile Expedition, formally known as the Gordon Relief Expedition, was a British military campaign in 1884–1885 aimed at relieving General Charles Gordon during the Mahdist War in Sudan.
  • C. expedition of Nakhla
    The expedition of Nakhla was a pivotal early Muslim raid against a Quraysh caravan near Mecca that intensified tensions and helped precipitate larger battles in the early Islamic period.
  • D. Punt expedition
    The Punt expedition was a significant trading voyage organized by the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut to the fabled Land of Punt, renowned for bringing back luxury goods such as incense, myrrh trees, and exotic animals, and famously depicted on the walls of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.
  • E. Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition
    The Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition was a late 19th-century British Arctic venture led by Frederick George Jackson that explored Franz Josef Land and contributed significantly to polar geography and the Heroic Age of polar exploration.
  • 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_69e11e482f788190b78d1588fc26d606 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1576ab52c819087563cd778d6bc5e completed April 29, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ae05458e88190941ac539297867fc completed May 18, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ae1556010819099f891c6af11a2d5 completed May 18, 2026, 9:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ae1cb8d908190937609e2bd554036 completed May 18, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:43 p.m.