Triple

T16216772
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Economy of Panama E393612 entity
Predicate affectedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Panama Canal expansion
The Panama Canal expansion was a major infrastructure project completed in 2016 that added new, larger locks and increased capacity, significantly boosting global maritime trade and Panama’s strategic economic importance.
E1201375 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: Panama Canal expansion | Statement: [Economy of Panama, affectedBy, Panama Canal expansion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Panama Canal expansion
Context triple: [Economy of Panama, affectedBy, Panama Canal expansion]
  • A. Panama Canal ancillary facilities
    The Panama Canal ancillary facilities are the supporting infrastructure and services—such as ports, logistics centers, maintenance yards, and administrative complexes—that enable the efficient operation and management of the Panama Canal.
  • B. Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that dramatically shortens maritime travel by allowing ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
  • C. Pacific approach to the Panama Canal
    The Pacific approach to the Panama Canal is the navigational waterway and surrounding maritime area on the Pacific Ocean side that guides ships to and from the canal’s locks near Panama City.
  • D. Panama Canal railway system
    The Panama Canal railway system is a historic transcontinental rail line in Panama that parallels the Panama Canal, providing vital freight and passenger transport between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  • E. Panama Canal Atlantic entrance
    The Panama Canal Atlantic entrance is the gateway on the Caribbean Sea side where ships begin or end their transit through the Panama Canal near Colón, Panama.
  • 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: Panama Canal expansion
Triple: [Economy of Panama, affectedBy, Panama Canal expansion]
Generated description
The Panama Canal expansion was a major infrastructure project completed in 2016 that added new, larger locks and increased capacity, significantly boosting global maritime trade and Panama’s strategic economic importance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Panama Canal expansion
Target entity description: The Panama Canal expansion was a major infrastructure project completed in 2016 that added new, larger locks and increased capacity, significantly boosting global maritime trade and Panama’s strategic economic importance.
  • A. Panama Canal ancillary facilities
    The Panama Canal ancillary facilities are the supporting infrastructure and services—such as ports, logistics centers, maintenance yards, and administrative complexes—that enable the efficient operation and management of the Panama Canal.
  • B. Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that dramatically shortens maritime travel by allowing ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
  • C. Pacific approach to the Panama Canal
    The Pacific approach to the Panama Canal is the navigational waterway and surrounding maritime area on the Pacific Ocean side that guides ships to and from the canal’s locks near Panama City.
  • D. Panama Canal railway system
    The Panama Canal railway system is a historic transcontinental rail line in Panama that parallels the Panama Canal, providing vital freight and passenger transport between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  • E. Panama Canal Atlantic entrance
    The Panama Canal Atlantic entrance is the gateway on the Caribbean Sea side where ships begin or end their transit through the Panama Canal near Colón, Panama.
  • 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_69d87f1f5bd08190bd01cac0d5b9d2ef completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e227f660708190b6581ecfe218a15c completed April 17, 2026, 12:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a000796bc5c81909d2acb68851c9bb8 completed May 10, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a000a37eacc8190843d35065b51ea36 completed May 10, 2026, 4:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a000aaedb5c8190858536fc8285648a completed May 10, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m.