Triple
T11588629
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Delaware and Hudson Railway |
E274819
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entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company was a 19th-century American transportation enterprise that developed one of the earliest integrated canal and railroad systems to move coal from Pennsylvania to markets in New York and beyond.
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E935046
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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: Delaware and Hudson Canal Company | Statement: [Delaware and Hudson Railway, predecessor, Delaware and Hudson Canal Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Context triple: [Delaware and Hudson Railway, predecessor, Delaware and Hudson Canal Company]
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A.
Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
The Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company was the private corporation that developed and operated the original Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
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B.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company was the 19th-century corporation responsible for financing, constructing, and operating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal along the Potomac River to facilitate transportation and commerce.
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C.
Turner’s Falls Canal Company
Turner’s Falls Canal Company was a 19th-century enterprise that developed and operated the canal and related waterpower infrastructure that spurred industrial growth in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
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D.
Delaware and Hudson Railway
The Delaware and Hudson Railway was a historic railroad in the northeastern United States that evolved from early canal operations into a major regional freight and passenger carrier.
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E.
New York State Canal Corporation
The New York State Canal Corporation is the public agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and promoting New York’s historic canal system, including the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals.
- 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: Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Triple: [Delaware and Hudson Railway, predecessor, Delaware and Hudson Canal Company]
Generated description
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company was a 19th-century American transportation enterprise that developed one of the earliest integrated canal and railroad systems to move coal from Pennsylvania to markets in New York and beyond.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Target entity description: The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company was a 19th-century American transportation enterprise that developed one of the earliest integrated canal and railroad systems to move coal from Pennsylvania to markets in New York and beyond.
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A.
Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
The Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company was the private corporation that developed and operated the original Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
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B.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company was the 19th-century corporation responsible for financing, constructing, and operating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal along the Potomac River to facilitate transportation and commerce.
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C.
Turner’s Falls Canal Company
Turner’s Falls Canal Company was a 19th-century enterprise that developed and operated the canal and related waterpower infrastructure that spurred industrial growth in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
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D.
Delaware and Hudson Railway
The Delaware and Hudson Railway was a historic railroad in the northeastern United States that evolved from early canal operations into a major regional freight and passenger carrier.
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E.
New York State Canal Corporation
The New York State Canal Corporation is the public agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and promoting New York’s historic canal system, including the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals.
- 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_69d6aae6b14c81908dc5a74bad7591f9 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d89463360c8190b91228c46bfe2e5f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e71451f1388190b72d7b755d198999 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 6:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e720fb192881909c129f93c8b88f42 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e7233efb6c81909dbf1aef080f5598 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:11 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.