Triple

T12045352
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lemont Township (Cook County, partial border) E286771 entity
Predicate traversedByCanal P27579 FINISHED
Object Illinois and Michigan Canal E442127 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Illinois and Michigan Canal | Statement: [Lemont Township (Cook County, partial border), traversedByCanal, Illinois and Michigan Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois and Michigan Canal
Context triple: [Lemont Township (Cook County, partial border), traversedByCanal, Illinois and Michigan Canal]
  • A. Illinois and Michigan Canal chosen
    The Illinois and Michigan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in Illinois that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River system, playing a crucial role in the region’s economic development and westward expansion.
  • B. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
    The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Illinois that reverses the flow of the Chicago River, diverts wastewater away from Lake Michigan, and serves as a key navigation link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system.
  • C. Miami and Erie Canal
    The Miami and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway in Ohio that linked the Ohio River to Lake Erie, playing a key role in regional transportation and commerce before the rise of railroads.
  • D. Portage Canal
    Portage Canal is a man-made waterway in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula that provides a navigable connection between Portage Lake and Lake Superior, historically important for regional shipping and mining.
  • E. Wabash and Erie Canal
    The Wabash and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Ohio River, facilitating transportation and commerce across the Midwest.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: traversedByCanal
Context triple: [Lemont Township (Cook County, partial border), traversedByCanal, Illinois and Michigan Canal]
  • A. hasCanals
    Indicates that one entity possesses or contains canals, either as physical waterways or channel-like structures.
  • B. notableCanal
    Indicates that there exists a canal that is especially significant, famous, or otherwise notable in relation to the subject.
  • C. hasCanalCrossing
    Indicates that one entity is connected to or traversed by another via a canal crossing, such as a bridge, aqueduct, or similar structure over a canal.
  • D. waterwayThrough chosen
    Indicates that a waterway (such as a river or canal) passes through or traverses a specified geographic area or feature.
  • E. hasMajorCanal
    Indicates that one entity possesses or contains a primary canal or main waterway associated with it.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69d6ab4780948190bdb9f7620c2ac27e completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9100b4ca8819084845ca4c13e34ce completed April 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f49db574bc8190a0f2f858a2ff788d completed May 1, 2026, 12:33 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d902bac9e08190aa1a99c835f29542 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.