Triple
T12469987
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ellesmere Canal (historic) |
E298026
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shropshire Union Canal |
E126687
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Shropshire Union Canal | Statement: [Ellesmere Canal (historic), successor, Shropshire Union Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shropshire Union Canal Context triple: [Ellesmere Canal (historic), successor, Shropshire Union Canal]
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A.
Shropshire Union Canal
chosen
The Shropshire Union Canal is a major 19th-century English waterway linking the Midlands to northwest England, known for its long rural stretches, engineering features, and role in the country’s historic canal network.
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B.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
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C.
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is an 18th-century English inland waterway that forms a key link between the River Severn and the Midlands canal network.
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D.
Thames and Severn Canal
The Thames and Severn Canal is a historic English waterway that once linked the River Thames to the River Severn across the Cotswolds, playing a key role in regional trade during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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E.
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is a historic English narrow canal in the West Midlands that links the town of Stratford-upon-Avon with the national canal network and is popular for leisure boating and scenic walks.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ada270808190b1a2b2e7b02bb426 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94dba7f6c8190b272f649e0777362 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6556aae84819083e4988ec6f21471 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:50 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.