Triple

T12396225
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British coastal shipping network E296123 entity
Predicate connectsWith P37 FINISHED
Object English Channel ports
English Channel ports are coastal harbors along the English Channel that serve as key hubs for maritime trade, ferry services, and shipping between the United Kingdom and continental Europe.
E982953 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: English Channel ports | Statement: [British coastal shipping network, connectsWith, English Channel ports]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English Channel ports
Context triple: [British coastal shipping network, connectsWith, English Channel ports]
  • A. English Channel
    The English Channel is the narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France and has long been a crucial route and strategic barrier in European history.
  • B. Dover–Calais
    Dover–Calais is a major cross-Channel ferry route linking the port of Dover in England with Calais in France across the Strait of Dover.
  • C. Port of Folkestone
    The Port of Folkestone is a small harbor on the English Channel in southeast England that historically served cross-channel ferries and now mainly supports fishing, leisure craft, and coastal activities.
  • D. Chichester Channel
    Chichester Channel is a tidal waterway within Chichester Harbour in southern England, used for boating and wildlife conservation amid protected coastal scenery.
  • E. Port of Dover
    The Port of Dover is the United Kingdom’s busiest international ferry port and a major gateway to continental Europe, handling extensive passenger and freight traffic across the English Channel.
  • 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: English Channel ports
Triple: [British coastal shipping network, connectsWith, English Channel ports]
Generated description
English Channel ports are coastal harbors along the English Channel that serve as key hubs for maritime trade, ferry services, and shipping between the United Kingdom and continental Europe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English Channel ports
Target entity description: English Channel ports are coastal harbors along the English Channel that serve as key hubs for maritime trade, ferry services, and shipping between the United Kingdom and continental Europe.
  • A. English Channel
    The English Channel is the narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France and has long been a crucial route and strategic barrier in European history.
  • B. Dover–Calais
    Dover–Calais is a major cross-Channel ferry route linking the port of Dover in England with Calais in France across the Strait of Dover.
  • C. Port of Folkestone
    The Port of Folkestone is a small harbor on the English Channel in southeast England that historically served cross-channel ferries and now mainly supports fishing, leisure craft, and coastal activities.
  • D. Chichester Channel
    Chichester Channel is a tidal waterway within Chichester Harbour in southern England, used for boating and wildlife conservation amid protected coastal scenery.
  • E. Port of Dover
    The Port of Dover is the United Kingdom’s busiest international ferry port and a major gateway to continental Europe, handling extensive passenger and freight traffic across the English Channel.
  • 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_69d6ad9e653c8190b1473c860ee53dae completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93fd33f048190b205fd21dc513f6a completed April 10, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6347e27b4819085494babfe180488 completed May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f63674aa3c81908ba82a9d246b3b3a completed May 2, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f63a9b32fc8190ab98492ff91d2a66 completed May 2, 2026, 5:55 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.