Triple

T10070886
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maumee River E213620 entity
Predicate connectedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Miami and Erie Canal
The Miami and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway in Ohio that linked the Ohio River to Lake Erie, playing a key role in regional transportation and commerce before the rise of railroads.
E839663 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: Miami and Erie Canal | Statement: [Maumee River, connectedTo, Miami and Erie Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miami and Erie Canal
Context triple: [Maumee River, connectedTo, Miami and Erie Canal]
  • A. Ohio and Erie Canal
    The Ohio and Erie Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Ohio that linked Lake Erie to the Ohio River, spurring economic growth and the development of cities such as Akron.
  • B. Wabash and Erie Canal
    The Wabash and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Ohio River, facilitating transportation and commerce across the Midwest.
  • C. Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
  • D. Illinois and Michigan Canal
    The Illinois and Michigan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in Illinois that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River system, playing a crucial role in the region’s economic development and westward expansion.
  • E. Patowmack Canal
    The Patowmack Canal was an early American canal project along the Potomac River, championed by George Washington to improve inland navigation and trade in the late 18th century.
  • 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: Miami and Erie Canal
Triple: [Maumee River, connectedTo, Miami and Erie Canal]
Generated description
The Miami and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway in Ohio that linked the Ohio River to Lake Erie, playing a key role in regional transportation and commerce before the rise of railroads.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miami and Erie Canal
Target entity description: The Miami and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway in Ohio that linked the Ohio River to Lake Erie, playing a key role in regional transportation and commerce before the rise of railroads.
  • A. Ohio and Erie Canal
    The Ohio and Erie Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Ohio that linked Lake Erie to the Ohio River, spurring economic growth and the development of cities such as Akron.
  • B. Wabash and Erie Canal
    The Wabash and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Ohio River, facilitating transportation and commerce across the Midwest.
  • C. Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
  • D. Illinois and Michigan Canal
    The Illinois and Michigan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in Illinois that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River system, playing a crucial role in the region’s economic development and westward expansion.
  • E. Patowmack Canal
    The Patowmack Canal was an early American canal project along the Potomac River, championed by George Washington to improve inland navigation and trade in the late 18th century.
  • 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_69ca839add308190b57d53b4ec21f2d0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd01279388190b94c8def00425c78 completed April 2, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d29aa05cc881909f59178e9c6c01ef completed April 5, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d29b75634c819088c8ef750b1691d2 completed April 5, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d29f5007f88190b0330d1a8c551905 completed April 5, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:59 p.m.