Triple

T10035069
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Naviglio della Martesana E204944 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Milan canal system
The Milan canal system is a historic network of artificial waterways that once enabled transport, irrigation, and commerce in and around Milan, Italy.
E836833 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: Milan canal system | Statement: [Naviglio della Martesana, partOf, Milan canal system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milan canal system
Context triple: [Naviglio della Martesana, partOf, Milan canal system]
  • A. Brenta Canal
    The Brenta Canal is a historic waterway in northeastern Italy that channels the flow of the Brenta River toward the Venetian Lagoon, long used for navigation, trade, and irrigation.
  • B. Canal Grande
    Canal Grande is a historic canal in Trieste, Italy, lined with elegant buildings and bridges and serving as a picturesque focal point of the city’s waterfront.
  • C. Grand Canal, Venice
    The Grand Canal in Venice is the city's main waterway, a sweeping S-shaped canal lined with historic palaces and traversed by gondolas and vaporetti, forming the central artery of Venetian life and commerce.
  • D. Giudecca Canal
    The Giudecca Canal is a major navigable channel in Venice, Italy, separating the main city from the island of Giudecca and serving as an important route for maritime traffic and scenic views.
  • E. Prato della Valle canal
    The Prato della Valle canal is the elliptical waterway encircling the central island of Prato della Valle square in Padua, Italy, lined with statues and forming a distinctive ornamental feature of the piazza.
  • 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: Milan canal system
Triple: [Naviglio della Martesana, partOf, Milan canal system]
Generated description
The Milan canal system is a historic network of artificial waterways that once enabled transport, irrigation, and commerce in and around Milan, Italy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milan canal system
Target entity description: The Milan canal system is a historic network of artificial waterways that once enabled transport, irrigation, and commerce in and around Milan, Italy.
  • A. Brenta Canal
    The Brenta Canal is a historic waterway in northeastern Italy that channels the flow of the Brenta River toward the Venetian Lagoon, long used for navigation, trade, and irrigation.
  • B. Canal Grande
    Canal Grande is a historic canal in Trieste, Italy, lined with elegant buildings and bridges and serving as a picturesque focal point of the city’s waterfront.
  • C. Grand Canal, Venice
    The Grand Canal in Venice is the city's main waterway, a sweeping S-shaped canal lined with historic palaces and traversed by gondolas and vaporetti, forming the central artery of Venetian life and commerce.
  • D. Giudecca Canal
    The Giudecca Canal is a major navigable channel in Venice, Italy, separating the main city from the island of Giudecca and serving as an important route for maritime traffic and scenic views.
  • E. Prato della Valle canal
    The Prato della Valle canal is the elliptical waterway encircling the central island of Prato della Valle square in Padua, Italy, lined with statues and forming a distinctive ornamental feature of the piazza.
  • 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_69ca834d77188190ad645e33e8ca3200 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdce4a515c8190baec86d924623b12 completed April 2, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d28250be608190b7e2b809672cdd78 completed April 5, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2834f6d488190812f91a5b4971c1e completed April 5, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d28432d900819091ff0d324a6bb28a completed April 5, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:55 p.m.