Triple

T1202024
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Meuse E25802 entity
Predicate connectedByCanal P4245 FINISHED
Object Meuse–Rhine Canal
The Meuse–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links the Meuse and Rhine river systems to facilitate inland shipping and transport.
E157179 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: Meuse–Rhine Canal | Statement: [Meuse, connectedByCanal, Meuse–Rhine Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meuse–Rhine Canal
Context triple: [Meuse, connectedByCanal, Meuse–Rhine Canal]
  • A. Scheldt–Rhine Canal
    The Scheldt–Rhine Canal is a major shipping canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct navigable link between the Scheldt and Rhine river systems, facilitating international maritime and inland transport.
  • B. Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
    The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
  • C. Rhine–Herne Canal
    The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
  • D. Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
    The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal is a major European waterway that links the North Sea to the Black Sea by connecting the Rhine, Main, and Danube river systems for continuous inland navigation.
  • E. Rhine–Scheldt connection
    The Rhine–Scheldt connection is a major Dutch inland waterway system linking the Rhine and Scheldt river basins to facilitate international shipping between the North Sea ports and the European hinterland.
  • 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: Meuse–Rhine Canal
Triple: [Meuse, connectedByCanal, Meuse–Rhine Canal]
Generated description
The Meuse–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links the Meuse and Rhine river systems to facilitate inland shipping and transport.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meuse–Rhine Canal
Target entity description: The Meuse–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links the Meuse and Rhine river systems to facilitate inland shipping and transport.
  • A. Scheldt–Rhine Canal
    The Scheldt–Rhine Canal is a major shipping canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct navigable link between the Scheldt and Rhine river systems, facilitating international maritime and inland transport.
  • B. Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
    The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
  • C. Rhine–Herne Canal
    The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
  • D. Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
    The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal is a major European waterway that links the North Sea to the Black Sea by connecting the Rhine, Main, and Danube river systems for continuous inland navigation.
  • E. Rhine–Scheldt connection
    The Rhine–Scheldt connection is a major Dutch inland waterway system linking the Rhine and Scheldt river basins to facilitate international shipping between the North Sea ports and the European hinterland.
  • 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_69a4942b30f08190a91c60573e16b5ef completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd9fece4819089a6a2d61e61fa2e completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acd46eefa48190baebc12fdf916941 completed March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acd517cfec8190ba294bb890d0b4b1 completed March 8, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acd58946588190a5e92c62b585cdfc completed March 8, 2026, 1:48 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.