Triple

T12333829
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erie Canal Discovery Center E294029 entity
Predicate nearbyFeature P2064 FINISHED
Object Lockport Flight of Five locks
The Lockport Flight of Five locks is a historic series of canal locks on the Erie Canal in Lockport, New York, renowned as an engineering landmark that enabled boats to traverse a steep elevation change.
E978324 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 Flight of Five locks | Statement: [Erie Canal Discovery Center, nearbyFeature, Lockport Flight of Five locks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lockport Flight of Five locks
Context triple: [Erie Canal Discovery Center, nearbyFeature, Lockport Flight of Five locks]
  • A. Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises
    Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises is a sightseeing boat tour operation that takes visitors through historic Erie Canal locks and waterways in Lockport, New York.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Fairfield Lock Flight
    Fairfield Lock Flight is a series of canal locks on the Ashton Canal in Greater Manchester, England, built to manage a steep change in water level along the waterway.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Lockport Lock and Dam
    Lockport Lock and Dam is a major lock and dam complex on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal that controls water levels, aids navigation, and helps manage flood and wastewater flows between the Chicago area and the Des Plaines River.
  • 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 Flight of Five locks
Triple: [Erie Canal Discovery Center, nearbyFeature, Lockport Flight of Five locks]
Generated description
The Lockport Flight of Five locks is a historic series of canal locks on the Erie Canal in Lockport, New York, renowned as an engineering landmark that enabled boats to traverse a steep elevation change.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lockport Flight of Five locks
Target entity description: The Lockport Flight of Five locks is a historic series of canal locks on the Erie Canal in Lockport, New York, renowned as an engineering landmark that enabled boats to traverse a steep elevation change.
  • A. Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises
    Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises is a sightseeing boat tour operation that takes visitors through historic Erie Canal locks and waterways in Lockport, New York.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Fairfield Lock Flight
    Fairfield Lock Flight is a series of canal locks on the Ashton Canal in Greater Manchester, England, built to manage a steep change in water level along the waterway.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Lockport Lock and Dam
    Lockport Lock and Dam is a major lock and dam complex on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal that controls water levels, aids navigation, and helps manage flood and wastewater flows between the Chicago area and the Des Plaines River.
  • 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.