Triple
T16232627
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American-Hawaiian Steamship Company |
E394021
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedCanal |
P122261
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Panama Canal |
E7762
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 | Statement: [American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, usedCanal, Panama Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Panama Canal Context triple: [American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, usedCanal, Panama Canal]
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A.
Panama Canal
chosen
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.
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B.
Menua Canal
The Menua Canal is an ancient irrigation and water-supply channel built in the 9th century BCE under the Urartian king Menua near modern-day Van in eastern Turkey.
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C.
Leie Canal
The Leie Canal is a man-made waterway in Belgium that channels part of the Leie (Lys) River to support navigation, flood control, and regional transport.
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D.
La Khê Canal
La Khê Canal is a waterway in Hanoi that forms part of the city’s broader hydrological and drainage network.
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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.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usedCanal Context triple: [American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, usedCanal, Panama Canal]
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A.
containsCanal
Indicates that one geographical or spatial entity has a canal located within its boundaries or interior.
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B.
canalProject
Indicates that an entity is involved in, associated with, or designated as a canal construction or development project.
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C.
canalOpened
Indicates that a canal has been officially opened or put into operation.
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D.
canalClaim
Indicates a claim, assertion, or right asserted by one party regarding control, ownership, use, or status of a canal.
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E.
originalCanal
Indicates that one canal is the initial or source canal from which another canal originates or is derived.
- 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_69d87f204df88190a8f88923decf9835 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e23d2b0cc48190853919135d5a172a |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a000796bc5c81909d2acb68851c9bb8 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:20 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e219ee6f6481909663b388dc99770a |
completed | April 17, 2026, 11:30 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69e21e55a2388190b29a045a8c608ba4 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 11:49 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.