Triple
T11733419
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thames River (Ontario) |
E278958
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | St. Clair River–Detroit River–Lake Erie system |
E501356
|
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–Detroit River–Lake Erie system | Statement: [Thames River (Ontario), partOf, St. Clair River–Detroit River–Lake Erie system]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Clair River–Detroit River–Lake Erie system Context triple: [Thames River (Ontario), partOf, St. Clair River–Detroit River–Lake Erie system]
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A.
Saint Clair–Detroit River System
chosen
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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B.
St. Clair River
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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C.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Lake Huron watershed
The Lake Huron watershed is the drainage basin that collects water from surrounding rivers, streams, and land areas and channels it into Lake Huron, one of North America's Great Lakes.
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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_69d6aaffec6881908bead509e8621742 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a4daa7f48190896fc7653e9dd70b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ef8406fe8881909722ecb040087e68 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 3:43 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.