Triple

T12333820
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erie Canal Discovery Center E294029 entity
Predicate hasMainSubject P450 FINISHED
Object Lockport locks
The Lockport locks are a historic flight of canal locks on the Erie Canal in Lockport, New York, renowned for their engineering significance in overcoming the Niagara Escarpment.
E978323 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: Lockport locks | Statement: [Erie Canal Discovery Center, hasMainSubject, Lockport locks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lockport locks
Context triple: [Erie Canal Discovery Center, hasMainSubject, Lockport locks]
  • A. Volkerak locks
    Volkerak locks is a major Dutch lock complex that regulates shipping and water levels between the Volkerak and surrounding waterways in the southwestern Netherlands.
  • B. Daneway Locks
    Daneway Locks are a historic flight of canal locks on the former Thames and Severn Canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to help boats navigate a steep change in elevation.
  • C. Locks
    "Locks" is a short story by Neil Gaiman, featured in his collection *Fragile Things*, that intertwines a retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" with reflections on parenthood and storytelling.
  • D. Bow Locks
    Bow Locks is a set of navigation locks on the River Lea in East London that control water levels and enable boat passage between the river and surrounding waterways.
  • E. Soo Locks
    The Soo Locks are a set of ship locks on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron that enable vessels to bypass the river’s rapids and navigate the Great Lakes.
  • 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: Lockport locks
Triple: [Erie Canal Discovery Center, hasMainSubject, Lockport locks]
Generated description
The Lockport locks are a historic flight of canal locks on the Erie Canal in Lockport, New York, renowned for their engineering significance in overcoming the Niagara Escarpment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lockport locks
Target entity description: The Lockport locks are a historic flight of canal locks on the Erie Canal in Lockport, New York, renowned for their engineering significance in overcoming the Niagara Escarpment.
  • A. Volkerak locks
    Volkerak locks is a major Dutch lock complex that regulates shipping and water levels between the Volkerak and surrounding waterways in the southwestern Netherlands.
  • B. Daneway Locks
    Daneway Locks are a historic flight of canal locks on the former Thames and Severn Canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to help boats navigate a steep change in elevation.
  • C. Locks
    "Locks" is a short story by Neil Gaiman, featured in his collection *Fragile Things*, that intertwines a retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" with reflections on parenthood and storytelling.
  • D. Bow Locks
    Bow Locks is a set of navigation locks on the River Lea in East London that control water levels and enable boat passage between the river and surrounding waterways.
  • E. Soo Locks
    The Soo Locks are a set of ship locks on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron that enable vessels to bypass the river’s rapids and navigate the Great Lakes.
  • 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.