Triple
T12367253
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dismal Swamp Canal |
E294903
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entity |
| Predicate | parallelRoute |
P19597
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal is a historic inland waterway in the southeastern United States that connects the Chesapeake Bay with Albemarle Sound, forming part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
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E294903
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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: Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal | Statement: [Dismal Swamp Canal, parallelRoute, Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Context triple: [Dismal Swamp Canal, parallelRoute, Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal]
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A.
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.
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B.
Lewes and Rehoboth Canal
The Lewes and Rehoboth Canal is a man-made waterway in Sussex County, Delaware, that connects the Delaware Bay to Rehoboth Bay and forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
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C.
C&O Canal
The C&O Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway and towpath along the Potomac River, now preserved as a national historical park popular for hiking, biking, and exploring early American transportation history.
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D.
Dismal Swamp Canal
The Dismal Swamp Canal is one of the oldest continually operating man-made canals in the United States, historically used for transportation through the Great Dismal Swamp between Virginia and North Carolina.
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E.
Delaware and Raritan Canal
The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in central New Jersey that once served as a major transportation route and now forms the backbone of a popular linear state park and recreation corridor.
- 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: Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Triple: [Dismal Swamp Canal, parallelRoute, Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal]
Generated description
The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal is a historic inland waterway in the southeastern United States that connects the Chesapeake Bay with Albemarle Sound, forming part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Target entity description: The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal is a historic inland waterway in the southeastern United States that connects the Chesapeake Bay with Albemarle Sound, forming part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
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A.
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.
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B.
Lewes and Rehoboth Canal
The Lewes and Rehoboth Canal is a man-made waterway in Sussex County, Delaware, that connects the Delaware Bay to Rehoboth Bay and forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
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C.
C&O Canal
The C&O Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway and towpath along the Potomac River, now preserved as a national historical park popular for hiking, biking, and exploring early American transportation history.
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D.
Dismal Swamp Canal
chosen
The Dismal Swamp Canal is one of the oldest continually operating man-made canals in the United States, historically used for transportation through the Great Dismal Swamp between Virginia and North Carolina.
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E.
Delaware and Raritan Canal
The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in central New Jersey that once served as a major transportation route and now forms the backbone of a popular linear state park and recreation corridor.
- F. None of above.
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_69f63473efd481909b2061f3b19e1aaf |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6356b545c819089a5f5b901afc5f2 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f636382ffc8190becfae41757a45d8 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.