Triple
T10902745
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Port of Sarnia |
E257486
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectedToWaterway |
P5565
|
FINISHED |
| Object | St. Clair River shipping channel |
E66745
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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. Clair River shipping channel | Statement: [Port of Sarnia, connectedToWaterway, St. Clair River shipping channel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Clair River shipping channel Context triple: [Port of Sarnia, connectedToWaterway, St. Clair River shipping channel]
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A.
St. Clair River
chosen
The St. Clair River is a major waterway forming part of the border between the United States and Canada, flowing south from Lake Huron toward Lake St. Clair as a key segment of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway.
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B.
Keweenaw Waterway
The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
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C.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
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D.
Saint Clair–Detroit River System
The Saint Clair–Detroit River System is a crucial binational waterway linking Lake Huron to Lake Erie, supporting major commercial shipping, ecological habitats, and regional water supplies between the United States and Canada.
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E.
Detroit River
The Detroit River is a strait of the Great Lakes system that forms part of the border between the United States and Canada, connecting Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie and serving as a major shipping and industrial waterway.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aa8550c8819095508a2ed9acf3db |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d761a4e9d48190b107839761a2152b |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e1553bb88c8190b9730a31977e1dd1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:22 p.m.