Triple
T1619083
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Trent and Mersey Canal |
E34788
|
entity |
| Predicate | designedBy |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Brindley |
E22811
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: James Brindley | Statement: [Trent and Mersey Canal, designedBy, James Brindley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Brindley Context triple: [Trent and Mersey Canal, designedBy, James Brindley]
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A.
James Brindley
chosen
James Brindley was an 18th-century English engineer renowned for pioneering canal construction during the early Industrial Revolution.
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B.
John Rennie the Elder
John Rennie the Elder was a prominent Scottish civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his innovative work on canals, bridges, and docks across Britain.
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C.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a pioneering 19th-century British engineer renowned for his groundbreaking work on railways, bridges, tunnels, and steamships that transformed industrial transportation.
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D.
John Rennie the Younger
John Rennie the Younger was a 19th-century British civil engineer noted for completing major projects such as London Bridge and continuing the work of his father, John Rennie the Elder.
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E.
Lewis Cubitt
Lewis Cubitt was a 19th-century English architect best known for designing major London railway termini and related infrastructure.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a885ffc5ec819091afa325d5f9611c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a909aef1b881909ef90dbc833a82a3 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad51d2cbb481908bc74cecdc023547 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.