Triple

T15058433
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Negombo Lagoon E379557 entity
Predicate connectedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Hamilton Canal E390847 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Hamilton Canal | Statement: [Negombo Lagoon, connectedTo, Hamilton Canal]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hamilton Canal
Context triple: [Negombo Lagoon, connectedTo, Hamilton Canal]
  • A. Hamilton Canal chosen
    Hamilton Canal is a historic Dutch-era waterway in Sri Lanka that links the coastal town of Negombo with other parts of the western canal network, once used for transporting goods and people.
  • B. Ellesmere Canal
    The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
  • C. St Helens Canal
    St Helens Canal is a historic industrial waterway in northwest England that once served as an important transport route for coal and other goods during the Industrial Revolution.
  • D. Albert Canal
    The Albert Canal is a major Belgian waterway linking the Meuse River to the port of Antwerp, serving as an important route for inland shipping and freight transport.
  • E. Keadby Canal
    Keadby Canal is a navigable waterway in South Yorkshire, England, linking inland navigation routes to the River Trent near the village of Keadby.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d85cd64d108190853797a95c11cc45 elicitation completed
NER batch_69dedee50afc8190bf7b0f4bbe8c60a3 ner completed
NED1 batch_69ff45406c8c8190beb87d4bb5c50355 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:01 a.m.