Triple

T10097415
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cornwall Canal (historic) E215904 entity
Predicate isPartOf P10 FINISHED
Object St. Lawrence canals system
The St. Lawrence canals system was a network of navigation canals built along the St. Lawrence River to bypass rapids and facilitate commercial shipping between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
E847789 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: St. Lawrence canals system | Statement: [Cornwall Canal (historic), isPartOf, St. Lawrence canals system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Lawrence canals system
Context triple: [Cornwall Canal (historic), isPartOf, St. Lawrence canals system]
  • A. New York State Canal System
    The New York State Canal System is a network of interconnected canals and waterways in New York that evolved from historic routes like the Erie Canal and now supports recreation, tourism, and limited commercial navigation.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Champlain Canal
    The Champlain Canal is a historic waterway in New York State that links the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, forming part of the state's inland navigation system.
  • D. Oswego Canal
    The Oswego Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that connects the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario, serving both commercial and recreational boat traffic.
  • E. Holyoke Canal System
    The Holyoke Canal System is a historic network of industrial power canals in Holyoke, Massachusetts, built in the 19th century to harness the Connecticut River for manufacturing and mill operations.
  • 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: St. Lawrence canals system
Triple: [Cornwall Canal (historic), isPartOf, St. Lawrence canals system]
Generated description
The St. Lawrence canals system was a network of navigation canals built along the St. Lawrence River to bypass rapids and facilitate commercial shipping between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Lawrence canals system
Target entity description: The St. Lawrence canals system was a network of navigation canals built along the St. Lawrence River to bypass rapids and facilitate commercial shipping between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
  • A. New York State Canal System
    The New York State Canal System is a network of interconnected canals and waterways in New York that evolved from historic routes like the Erie Canal and now supports recreation, tourism, and limited commercial navigation.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Champlain Canal
    The Champlain Canal is a historic waterway in New York State that links the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, forming part of the state's inland navigation system.
  • D. Oswego Canal
    The Oswego Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that connects the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario, serving both commercial and recreational boat traffic.
  • E. Holyoke Canal System
    The Holyoke Canal System is a historic network of industrial power canals in Holyoke, Massachusetts, built in the 19th century to harness the Connecticut River for manufacturing and mill operations.
  • 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_69ca83a4947c8190823a7495dc5d96ed completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd07ad40081909610a7a8dc836651 completed April 2, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d3174109988190b703bb5b7c89c5c2 completed April 6, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d31b67a62c81909ce3f5667e71516c completed April 6, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d31f31c95881909cbf8f7154718447 completed April 6, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:02 p.m.