Triple
T11401360
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Patowmack Canal |
E270115
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPart |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harpers Ferry Canal
Harpers Ferry Canal is a historic canal segment near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, built in the late 18th century to improve navigation and commerce along the Potomac River.
|
E925869
|
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: Harpers Ferry Canal | Statement: [Patowmack Canal, hasPart, Harpers Ferry Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harpers Ferry Canal Context triple: [Patowmack Canal, hasPart, Harpers Ferry Canal]
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A.
C&O Canal
The C&O Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway and towpath along the Potomac River, now preserved as a national historical park popular for hiking, biking, and exploring early American transportation history.
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B.
Great Allegheny Passage
The Great Allegheny Passage is a long-distance rail-trail and popular cycling and hiking route that runs through the Appalachian region, connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Cumberland, Maryland.
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C.
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.
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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.
Burlington Canal
The Burlington Canal is a navigational waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides ship access between Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbour.
- 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: Harpers Ferry Canal Triple: [Patowmack Canal, hasPart, Harpers Ferry Canal]
Generated description
Harpers Ferry Canal is a historic canal segment near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, built in the late 18th century to improve navigation and commerce along the Potomac River.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harpers Ferry Canal Target entity description: Harpers Ferry Canal is a historic canal segment near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, built in the late 18th century to improve navigation and commerce along the Potomac River.
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A.
C&O Canal
The C&O Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway and towpath along the Potomac River, now preserved as a national historical park popular for hiking, biking, and exploring early American transportation history.
-
B.
Great Allegheny Passage
The Great Allegheny Passage is a long-distance rail-trail and popular cycling and hiking route that runs through the Appalachian region, connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Cumberland, Maryland.
-
C.
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.
-
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.
-
E.
Burlington Canal
The Burlington Canal is a navigational waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides ship access between Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbour.
- 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_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_69e5d3470e208190aef43936bac2e4e9 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e5d659fd7c819090b168168e355cb8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:31 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e5d7f238cc8190a1c2dd26bdc5ff77 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.