Triple
T11401356
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Patowmack Canal |
E270115
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPart |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Great Falls Canal
The Great Falls Canal is a historic 18th-century canal and lock system along the Potomac River, built to bypass the Great Falls as part of George Washington’s Patowmack Canal project to improve inland navigation.
|
E270115
|
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: Great Falls Canal | Statement: [Patowmack Canal, hasPart, Great Falls Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Falls Canal Context triple: [Patowmack Canal, hasPart, Great Falls Canal]
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A.
Saint Marys Falls Canal
Saint Marys Falls Canal is a key shipping canal at Sault Ste. Marie that enables vessels to bypass the rapids of the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes.
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B.
Turners Falls Canal
Turners Falls Canal is a historic 19th-century industrial waterway in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, built to harness the Connecticut River’s power for mills and navigation.
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C.
Bellows Falls Canal
Bellows Falls Canal is a historic navigation and power canal in Bellows Falls, Vermont, built to bypass the Connecticut River falls and support local industry.
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D.
Blackstone Canal
The Blackstone Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in the northeastern United States that played a key role in early industrial transportation and the development of mill towns in the Blackstone Valley.
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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: Great Falls Canal Triple: [Patowmack Canal, hasPart, Great Falls Canal]
Generated description
The Great Falls Canal is a historic 18th-century canal and lock system along the Potomac River, built to bypass the Great Falls as part of George Washington’s Patowmack Canal project to improve inland navigation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Falls Canal Target entity description: The Great Falls Canal is a historic 18th-century canal and lock system along the Potomac River, built to bypass the Great Falls as part of George Washington’s Patowmack Canal project to improve inland navigation.
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A.
Saint Marys Falls Canal
Saint Marys Falls Canal is a key shipping canal at Sault Ste. Marie that enables vessels to bypass the rapids of the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes.
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B.
Turners Falls Canal
Turners Falls Canal is a historic 19th-century industrial waterway in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, built to harness the Connecticut River’s power for mills and navigation.
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C.
Bellows Falls Canal
Bellows Falls Canal is a historic navigation and power canal in Bellows Falls, Vermont, built to bypass the Connecticut River falls and support local industry.
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D.
Blackstone Canal
The Blackstone Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in the northeastern United States that played a key role in early industrial transportation and the development of mill towns in the Blackstone Valley.
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E.
Patowmack Canal
chosen
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.
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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d80148e2048190a716b515d78efdd1 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e58d244870819091e8331eb3bd792d |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e59777b1208190a33a50da286535ee |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e5a3cf9d388190944340af484b3a54 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.