Triple

T15129501
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania E361379 entity
Predicate hasWatercourse P165 FINISHED
Object Schuylkill Canal (historic) E789048 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: Schuylkill Canal (historic) | Statement: [Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania, hasWatercourse, Schuylkill Canal (historic)]

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: Schuylkill Canal (historic)
Context triple: [Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania, hasWatercourse, Schuylkill Canal (historic)]
  • A. Schuylkill Canal chosen
    The Schuylkill Canal is a historic 19th-century navigation canal in eastern Pennsylvania that was built along the Schuylkill River to transport coal and other goods to markets such as Philadelphia.
  • B. Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (historical)
    The Pennsylvania Main Line Canal was a 19th-century transportation waterway that formed part of Pennsylvania’s Main Line of Public Works, linking the state’s interior communities to major trade routes before the rise of railroads.
  • C. Lehigh Canal
    The Lehigh Canal is a historic 19th-century navigation canal in eastern Pennsylvania that was built to transport anthracite coal and fostered early American industrial development along the Lehigh River.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Morris Canal
    The Morris Canal was a historic 19th-century New Jersey canal that transported coal and other goods across the state using an innovative system of inclined planes and locks.
  • 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_69d85a06450081909c5a14ea9851a15e elicitation completed
NER batch_69e005aff2648190bda885c09421758d ner completed
NED1 batch_69feb7fa449c8190aed8941168b063c3 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:06 a.m.