Triple

T13493722
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Foxton Locks E320704 entity
Predicate connectedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Old Union Canal route towards Northampton
The Old Union Canal route towards Northampton is a historic section of England’s canal network that once formed part of an important inland waterway link between the Midlands and the southeast.
E1043271 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: Old Union Canal route towards Northampton | Statement: [Foxton Locks, connectedTo, Old Union Canal route towards Northampton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Union Canal route towards Northampton
Context triple: [Foxton Locks, connectedTo, Old Union Canal route towards Northampton]
  • A. Hertford Union Canal
    The Hertford Union Canal is a short canal in East London that links the Regent’s Canal to the River Lee Navigation, forming part of the city’s historic inland waterway network.
  • B. Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal
    The Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal is a narrow canal branch in Buckinghamshire, England, linking the town of Aylesbury to the main line of the Grand Union Canal.
  • C. trans-Pennine canal route
    The trans-Pennine canal route is a historic cross-country waterway network that links England’s east and west coasts by traversing the Pennine hills via interconnected canals.
  • D. North Western Canal
    The North Western Canal is a major irrigation channel in Pakistan’s Sindh region that distributes Indus River water from the Sukkur Barrage to surrounding agricultural lands.
  • E. Leicester Canal
    The Leicester Canal is a historic English waterway built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate transport and trade in and around the city of Leicester.
  • 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: Old Union Canal route towards Northampton
Triple: [Foxton Locks, connectedTo, Old Union Canal route towards Northampton]
Generated description
The Old Union Canal route towards Northampton is a historic section of England’s canal network that once formed part of an important inland waterway link between the Midlands and the southeast.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Union Canal route towards Northampton
Target entity description: The Old Union Canal route towards Northampton is a historic section of England’s canal network that once formed part of an important inland waterway link between the Midlands and the southeast.
  • A. Hertford Union Canal
    The Hertford Union Canal is a short canal in East London that links the Regent’s Canal to the River Lee Navigation, forming part of the city’s historic inland waterway network.
  • B. Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal
    The Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal is a narrow canal branch in Buckinghamshire, England, linking the town of Aylesbury to the main line of the Grand Union Canal.
  • C. trans-Pennine canal route
    The trans-Pennine canal route is a historic cross-country waterway network that links England’s east and west coasts by traversing the Pennine hills via interconnected canals.
  • D. North Western Canal
    The North Western Canal is a major irrigation channel in Pakistan’s Sindh region that distributes Indus River water from the Sukkur Barrage to surrounding agricultural lands.
  • E. Leicester Canal
    The Leicester Canal is a historic English waterway built during the Industrial Revolution to facilitate transport and trade in and around the city of Leicester.
  • 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_69d807629d6c8190998f1b9bb12d2ed0 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf4da2c88190a867b53529d39545 completed April 12, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7463d3a948190aab07a25fd903d4e completed May 3, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7496187988190b42e51f192cd4a80 completed May 3, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f74a0420908190b2b4988cc4d4a20a completed May 3, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:43 p.m.