Triple

T1175746
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject River Witham E25020 entity
Predicate hasCanalSection P26251 FINISHED
Object Witham Navigable Drains
Witham Navigable Drains are a network of artificial drainage channels in Lincolnshire, England, engineered to manage water levels and provide navigation linked to the River Witham.
E135070 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Witham Navigable Drains | Statement: [River Witham, hasCanalSection, Witham Navigable Drains]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Witham Navigable Drains
Context triple: [River Witham, hasCanalSection, Witham Navigable Drains]
  • A. Kennet and Avon Canal
    The Kennet and Avon Canal is a historic English waterway linking the River Thames at Reading with the River Avon at Bath, renowned for its 19th-century engineering and scenic cruising route.
  • B. Aire and Calder Navigation
    The Aire and Calder Navigation is a major canalised river and waterway in West Yorkshire, England, historically important for transporting coal and goods between the industrial towns of the Pennines and the Humber estuary.
  • C. Bridgewater Canal
    The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
  • D. Shropshire Union Canal
    The Shropshire Union Canal is a major 19th-century English waterway linking the Midlands to northwest England, known for its long rural stretches, engineering features, and role in the country’s historic canal network.
  • E. Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
    The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is a historic English narrow canal in the West Midlands that links the town of Stratford-upon-Avon with the national canal network and is popular for leisure boating and scenic walks.
  • 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: Witham Navigable Drains
Triple: [River Witham, hasCanalSection, Witham Navigable Drains]
Generated description
Witham Navigable Drains are a network of artificial drainage channels in Lincolnshire, England, engineered to manage water levels and provide navigation linked to the River Witham.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Witham Navigable Drains
Target entity description: Witham Navigable Drains are a network of artificial drainage channels in Lincolnshire, England, engineered to manage water levels and provide navigation linked to the River Witham.
  • A. Kennet and Avon Canal
    The Kennet and Avon Canal is a historic English waterway linking the River Thames at Reading with the River Avon at Bath, renowned for its 19th-century engineering and scenic cruising route.
  • B. Aire and Calder Navigation
    The Aire and Calder Navigation is a major canalised river and waterway in West Yorkshire, England, historically important for transporting coal and goods between the industrial towns of the Pennines and the Humber estuary.
  • C. Bridgewater Canal
    The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
  • D. Shropshire Union Canal
    The Shropshire Union Canal is a major 19th-century English waterway linking the Midlands to northwest England, known for its long rural stretches, engineering features, and role in the country’s historic canal network.
  • E. Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
    The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is a historic English narrow canal in the West Midlands that links the town of Stratford-upon-Avon with the national canal network and is popular for leisure boating and scenic walks.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasCanalSection
Context triple: [River Witham, hasCanalSection, Witham Navigable Drains]
  • A. hasSect
    Indicates that an entity includes, contains, or is associated with a particular sect or subgroup within a larger religious, ideological, or organizational context.
  • B. hasBridgeSection
    Indicates that one entity includes or is associated with a specific bridge section as a distinct part or component.
  • C. hasChannel
    Indicates that one entity possesses, provides, or is associated with a particular communication or distribution channel.
  • D. hasLanes
    Indicates that an entity, such as a road or pathway, is divided into one or more distinct lanes for traffic or movement.
  • E. hasSisterChannel
    Indicates that one media channel is related to another as its sister channel, typically under common ownership or branding.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a494267b4c819088c97a59182bf56a completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd53e4b48190abb2167f8074a6bc completed March 1, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac6f1a13bc81909da2cfdbad397861 completed March 7, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac6f904c8c81908ea352ee440f8244 completed March 7, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac7076e494819098b279ac59427b82 completed March 7, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bb5844348190b01ac6506906ba3b completed March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a4bd52177081908c5cec8e731b836e completed March 1, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.