Triple

T12367223
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dismal Swamp Canal E294903 entity
Predicate hasLock P2431 FINISHED
Object South Mills Lock
South Mills Lock is a navigation lock in North Carolina that helps vessels transit between the Dismal Swamp Canal and adjacent waterways along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
 E978981 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: South Mills Lock | Statement: [Dismal Swamp Canal, hasLock, South Mills Lock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: South Mills Lock
Context triple: [Dismal Swamp Canal, hasLock, South Mills Lock]
  • A. Barnes Mill Lock
    Barnes Mill Lock is a historic navigation lock on the River Chelmer in Essex, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the waterway.
  • B. Eastham Lock
    Eastham Lock is a major lock complex at the entrance of the Manchester Ship Canal near the River Mersey, enabling sea-going vessels to access the inland waterway.
  • C. Catteshall Lock
    Catteshall Lock is a historic navigation lock on the River Wey in Surrey, England, forming part of one of the country’s earliest commercial waterways.
  • D. Birstall Lock
    Birstall Lock is a canal lock on the River Soar in Leicestershire, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat navigation along the river.
  • E. Saltersford Lock
    Saltersford Lock is a navigation lock on the River Weaver in Cheshire, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the 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: South Mills Lock
Triple: [Dismal Swamp Canal, hasLock, South Mills Lock]
Generated description
South Mills Lock is a navigation lock in North Carolina that helps vessels transit between the Dismal Swamp Canal and adjacent waterways along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: South Mills Lock
Target entity description: South Mills Lock is a navigation lock in North Carolina that helps vessels transit between the Dismal Swamp Canal and adjacent waterways along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
  • A. Barnes Mill Lock
    Barnes Mill Lock is a historic navigation lock on the River Chelmer in Essex, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the waterway.
  • B. Eastham Lock
    Eastham Lock is a major lock complex at the entrance of the Manchester Ship Canal near the River Mersey, enabling sea-going vessels to access the inland waterway.
  • C. Catteshall Lock
    Catteshall Lock is a historic navigation lock on the River Wey in Surrey, England, forming part of one of the country’s earliest commercial waterways.
  • D. Birstall Lock
    Birstall Lock is a canal lock on the River Soar in Leicestershire, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat navigation along the river.
  • E. Saltersford Lock
    Saltersford Lock is a navigation lock on the River Weaver in Cheshire, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the 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_69d6ab6d8a4081908636601e69ddf262 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93fa502988190ba170dee90d9f394 completed April 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62abdad1c8190b083791d60138f2a completed May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62be4de888190aac94d441748d295 completed May 2, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62d51ab8081909c6f534051019dca completed May 2, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.