Triple
T12511953
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area |
E299099
|
entity |
| Predicate | waterway |
P1778
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Erie Canal (nearby terminus in Buffalo) |
E2888
|
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: Erie Canal (nearby terminus in Buffalo) | Statement: [Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, waterway, Erie Canal (nearby terminus in Buffalo)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erie Canal (nearby terminus in Buffalo) Context triple: [Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, waterway, Erie Canal (nearby terminus in Buffalo)]
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A.
Oswego Canal
The Oswego Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that connects the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario, serving both commercial and recreational boat traffic.
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B.
Ohio and Erie Canal
The Ohio and Erie Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Ohio that linked Lake Erie to the Ohio River, spurring economic growth and the development of cities such as Akron.
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C.
Erie Canal Flight of Five Locks
The Erie Canal Flight of Five Locks is a historic series of canal locks in Lockport, New York, that dramatically raised and lowered boats along the Erie Canal and stands today as a prominent feat of 19th-century engineering.
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D.
St. Lawrence canals system
The St. Lawrence canals system was a network of navigation canals built along the St. Lawrence River to bypass rapids and facilitate commercial shipping between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Erie Canal
chosen
The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
- 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_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9541d6e508190a4992f328e077467 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f64bbba5fc819082a4171a5a77183a |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.