Triple

T12948093
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yazd Province E309820 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Qanats
Qanats are ancient underground irrigation channels used to transport water from aquifers to arid surface lands, particularly in regions like Iran’s Yazd Province.
E1011492 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: Qanats | Statement: [Yazd Province, knownFor, Qanats]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qanats
Context triple: [Yazd Province, knownFor, Qanats]
  • A. Zenú irrigation canals
    The Zenú irrigation canals are an extensive pre-Columbian hydraulic engineering system in northern Colombia, built by the Zenú people to manage floods and cultivate crops in the Sinú River floodplains.
  • B. Karakum Canal
    The Karakum Canal is a major irrigation and water-supply canal in Turkmenistan that diverts water from the Amu Darya River across the Karakum Desert, enabling agriculture and supporting cities in this arid region.
  • C. Arzni-Shamiram Canal
    The Arzni-Shamiram Canal is a major irrigation waterway in Armenia that supplies agricultural lands and settlements in the Kotayk region and surrounding areas.
  • D. Munak Canal
    Munak Canal is a major irrigation and water-supply channel in northern India that diverts water from the Western Yamuna Canal to serve agricultural and urban needs, including parts of Delhi and Haryana.
  • E. Gharb irrigation perimeter
    The Gharb irrigation perimeter is a major agricultural region in northwestern Morocco, known for its extensive irrigated farming and significant contribution to the country’s crop production.
  • 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: Qanats
Triple: [Yazd Province, knownFor, Qanats]
Generated description
Qanats are ancient underground irrigation channels used to transport water from aquifers to arid surface lands, particularly in regions like Iran’s Yazd Province.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qanats
Target entity description: Qanats are ancient underground irrigation channels used to transport water from aquifers to arid surface lands, particularly in regions like Iran’s Yazd Province.
  • A. Zenú irrigation canals
    The Zenú irrigation canals are an extensive pre-Columbian hydraulic engineering system in northern Colombia, built by the Zenú people to manage floods and cultivate crops in the Sinú River floodplains.
  • B. Karakum Canal
    The Karakum Canal is a major irrigation and water-supply canal in Turkmenistan that diverts water from the Amu Darya River across the Karakum Desert, enabling agriculture and supporting cities in this arid region.
  • C. Arzni-Shamiram Canal
    The Arzni-Shamiram Canal is a major irrigation waterway in Armenia that supplies agricultural lands and settlements in the Kotayk region and surrounding areas.
  • D. Munak Canal
    Munak Canal is a major irrigation and water-supply channel in northern India that diverts water from the Western Yamuna Canal to serve agricultural and urban needs, including parts of Delhi and Haryana.
  • E. Gharb irrigation perimeter
    The Gharb irrigation perimeter is a major agricultural region in northwestern Morocco, known for its extensive irrigated farming and significant contribution to the country’s crop production.
  • 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_69d7bdfb57a88190836b743e2825feca completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e1c67b8819094e5243267f93ce2 completed April 10, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6af7790808190826f98e8aff01523 completed May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b115720481908796955032043530 completed May 3, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b1ea3d288190875888be8356da48 completed May 3, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:43 p.m.