Triple
T11768273
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Soo Locks observation areas |
E279831
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedEvent |
P149
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks
Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks is an annual public event in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where visitors can go behind the scenes at the historic Soo Locks complex to tour facilities, meet engineers, and observe lock operations up close.
|
E945603
|
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: Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks | Statement: [Soo Locks observation areas, associatedEvent, Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks Context triple: [Soo Locks observation areas, associatedEvent, Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks]
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A.
Cheboygan River Lock
Cheboygan River Lock is a navigation lock in northern Michigan that helps boats transit between Lake Huron and the state’s Inland Waterway system via the Cheboygan River.
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B.
Ballard Locks
Ballard Locks, officially known as the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, is a major lock system in Seattle that manages boat traffic and water levels between the freshwater lakes and the saltwater Puget Sound.
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C.
Smiths Falls Locks
Smiths Falls Locks are a historic set of canal locks in Smiths Falls, Ontario, that form a key part of the Rideau Canal’s navigation and heritage infrastructure.
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D.
Maryhill Locks
Maryhill Locks is a historic flight of canal locks on the Forth and Clyde Canal in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland.
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E.
Rideau Canal locks
The Rideau Canal locks at Merrickville are a historic series of manually operated canal locks that form part of the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal waterway in Ontario, Canada.
- 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: Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks Triple: [Soo Locks observation areas, associatedEvent, Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks]
Generated description
Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks is an annual public event in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where visitors can go behind the scenes at the historic Soo Locks complex to tour facilities, meet engineers, and observe lock operations up close.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks Target entity description: Engineer’s Day at the Soo Locks is an annual public event in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where visitors can go behind the scenes at the historic Soo Locks complex to tour facilities, meet engineers, and observe lock operations up close.
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A.
Cheboygan River Lock
Cheboygan River Lock is a navigation lock in northern Michigan that helps boats transit between Lake Huron and the state’s Inland Waterway system via the Cheboygan River.
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B.
Ballard Locks
Ballard Locks, officially known as the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, is a major lock system in Seattle that manages boat traffic and water levels between the freshwater lakes and the saltwater Puget Sound.
-
C.
Smiths Falls Locks
Smiths Falls Locks are a historic set of canal locks in Smiths Falls, Ontario, that form a key part of the Rideau Canal’s navigation and heritage infrastructure.
-
D.
Maryhill Locks
Maryhill Locks is a historic flight of canal locks on the Forth and Clyde Canal in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland.
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E.
Rideau Canal locks
The Rideau Canal locks at Merrickville are a historic series of manually operated canal locks that form part of the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal waterway in Ontario, Canada.
- 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_69d6ab01d2688190ad8ed6bda487eaa5 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a526979c8190ad2089997906855b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f09075aba8819082434a43473025bd |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f0bd3cf8308190813003daa8cfba4a |
completed | April 28, 2026, 1:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f0ef02c930819086d139834ad4ed84 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 5:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.