Triple

T1505685
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject DeWitt Clinton E33894 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Canal Commissioner of New York
The Canal Commissioner of New York was a 19th-century state office responsible for overseeing the planning, construction, and management of New York’s canal system, including the Erie Canal.
E172536 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: Canal Commissioner of New York | Statement: [DeWitt Clinton, positionHeld, Canal Commissioner of New York]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canal Commissioner of New York
Context triple: [DeWitt Clinton, positionHeld, Canal Commissioner of New York]
  • A. New York State Canal Corporation
    The New York State Canal Corporation is the public agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and promoting New York’s historic canal system, including the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals.
  • B. Delaware and Hudson Canal
    The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
  • C. Chancellor of New York
    The Chancellor of New York was the highest judicial officer in the early State of New York, presiding over the Court of Chancery and playing a key role in the state’s legal and political affairs.
  • D. Comptroller of New York
    The Comptroller of New York is the state’s independently elected chief fiscal officer, responsible for overseeing government finances, auditing public agencies, and managing the state’s pension fund.
  • E. Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
    The Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company was the private corporation that developed and operated the original Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Canal Commissioner of New York
Triple: [DeWitt Clinton, positionHeld, Canal Commissioner of New York]
Generated description
The Canal Commissioner of New York was a 19th-century state office responsible for overseeing the planning, construction, and management of New York’s canal system, including the Erie Canal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canal Commissioner of New York
Target entity description: The Canal Commissioner of New York was a 19th-century state office responsible for overseeing the planning, construction, and management of New York’s canal system, including the Erie Canal.
  • A. New York State Canal Corporation
    The New York State Canal Corporation is the public agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and promoting New York’s historic canal system, including the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals.
  • B. Delaware and Hudson Canal
    The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
  • C. Chancellor of New York
    The Chancellor of New York was the highest judicial officer in the early State of New York, presiding over the Court of Chancery and playing a key role in the state’s legal and political affairs.
  • D. Comptroller of New York
    The Comptroller of New York is the state’s independently elected chief fiscal officer, responsible for overseeing government finances, auditing public agencies, and managing the state’s pension fund.
  • E. Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
    The Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company was the private corporation that developed and operated the original Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69a885f352a4819099b24ff15489dede completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a88734508481909378bb3e86e13323 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad2336cb4c81909df0cae469673dee completed March 8, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad247fa1c08190878ce0d0a9ea45db completed March 8, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad24d599b08190ad26351c7614634d completed March 8, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:24 p.m.