Triple

T12333736
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lockport Cave E294026 entity
Predicate near P350 FINISHED
Object Erie Canal locks in Lockport
The Erie Canal locks in Lockport are a historic flight of canal locks that dramatically lift boats up the Niagara Escarpment and serve as a landmark engineering feature of the Erie Canal system in western New York.
 E978320 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: Erie Canal locks in Lockport | Statement: [Lockport Cave, near, Erie Canal locks in Lockport]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Erie Canal locks in Lockport
Context triple: [Lockport Cave, near, Erie Canal locks in Lockport]
  • A. Erie Canal Lock 17
    Erie Canal Lock 17 is a historic and still-operational lock on the Erie Canal notable for its high lift and engineering significance near Little Falls, New York.
  • B. Erie Canal Lock E-6
    Erie Canal Lock E-6 is a navigation lock on the Erie Canal located in Waterford, New York, that helps vessels transition between different water levels along the canal system.
  • C. Erie Canal Lock E-2
    Erie Canal Lock E-2 is a canal lock on the Erie Canal located in Waterford, New York, serving as part of the eastern entrance series of locks that raise boats from the Hudson River into the canal system.
  • D. Erie Canal Lock E-7
    Erie Canal Lock E-7 is a navigation lock on the Erie Canal located in Waterford, New York, helping vessels transition between different water levels near the canal’s eastern terminus.
  • E. Erie Canal Lock E-4
    Erie Canal Lock E-4 is a navigation lock on the Erie Canal located in Waterford, New York, helping vessels transition between different water levels near the canal’s eastern terminus.
  • 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: Erie Canal locks in Lockport
Triple: [Lockport Cave, near, Erie Canal locks in Lockport]
Generated description
The Erie Canal locks in Lockport are a historic flight of canal locks that dramatically lift boats up the Niagara Escarpment and serve as a landmark engineering feature of the Erie Canal system in western New York.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Erie Canal locks in Lockport
Target entity description: The Erie Canal locks in Lockport are a historic flight of canal locks that dramatically lift boats up the Niagara Escarpment and serve as a landmark engineering feature of the Erie Canal system in western New York.
  • A. Erie Canal Lock 17
    Erie Canal Lock 17 is a historic and still-operational lock on the Erie Canal notable for its high lift and engineering significance near Little Falls, New York.
  • B. Erie Canal Lock E-6
    Erie Canal Lock E-6 is a navigation lock on the Erie Canal located in Waterford, New York, that helps vessels transition between different water levels along the canal system.
  • C. Erie Canal Lock E-2
    Erie Canal Lock E-2 is a canal lock on the Erie Canal located in Waterford, New York, serving as part of the eastern entrance series of locks that raise boats from the Hudson River into the canal system.
  • D. Erie Canal Lock E-7
    Erie Canal Lock E-7 is a navigation lock on the Erie Canal located in Waterford, New York, helping vessels transition between different water levels near the canal’s eastern terminus.
  • E. Erie Canal Lock E-4
    Erie Canal Lock E-4 is a navigation lock on the Erie Canal located in Waterford, New York, helping vessels transition between different water levels near the canal’s eastern terminus.
  • 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_69d6ab6ae0dc8190b1522a9c1c55c114 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93f64ad20819080d99e57833b4b51 completed April 10, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62aa367348190b3991f256586a331 completed May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62d0377348190b7c227cad70286ac completed May 2, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62dc269e88190acce761f77d44654 completed May 2, 2026, 5 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.