Triple

T1756369
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northern Germany E38556 entity
Predicate transportInfrastructure P1777 FINISHED
Object Kiel Canal
The Kiel Canal is a major artificial waterway in northern Germany that connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea, significantly shortening maritime routes and facilitating international shipping.
E207144 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: Kiel Canal | Statement: [Northern Germany, transportInfrastructure, Kiel Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kiel Canal
Context triple: [Northern Germany, transportInfrastructure, Kiel Canal]
  • A. Pannerdens Kanaal
    Pannerdens Kanaal is a man-made canal in the Netherlands that diverts water from the Rhine to regulate flow between the Waal and IJssel rivers and support navigation and flood control.
  • B. Mittelland Canal
    The Mittelland Canal is Germany’s longest artificial waterway, running east–west across the country to link major rivers and form a key inland shipping route.
  • C. North Sea Canal
    The North Sea Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links Amsterdam to the North Sea, enabling seagoing vessels to access the city’s port.
  • D. Wilhelmina Canal
    The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
  • E. Oder–Havel Canal
    The Oder–Havel Canal is a major German waterway that links the Havel and Oder river systems, forming part of an important inland shipping route between Berlin and Poland.
  • 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: Kiel Canal
Triple: [Northern Germany, transportInfrastructure, Kiel Canal]
Generated description
The Kiel Canal is a major artificial waterway in northern Germany that connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea, significantly shortening maritime routes and facilitating international shipping.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kiel Canal
Target entity description: The Kiel Canal is a major artificial waterway in northern Germany that connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea, significantly shortening maritime routes and facilitating international shipping.
  • A. Pannerdens Kanaal
    Pannerdens Kanaal is a man-made canal in the Netherlands that diverts water from the Rhine to regulate flow between the Waal and IJssel rivers and support navigation and flood control.
  • B. Mittelland Canal
    The Mittelland Canal is Germany’s longest artificial waterway, running east–west across the country to link major rivers and form a key inland shipping route.
  • C. North Sea Canal
    The North Sea Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links Amsterdam to the North Sea, enabling seagoing vessels to access the city’s port.
  • D. Wilhelmina Canal
    The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
  • E. Oder–Havel Canal
    The Oder–Havel Canal is a major German waterway that links the Havel and Oder river systems, forming part of an important inland shipping route between Berlin and Poland.
  • 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_69a8862bdb2081908aefe831c8aa8017 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa643b623081908064be75758ec5de completed March 6, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69add1b679d88190b3c6e50c96f917e4 completed March 8, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69add246f1a88190b3e14d1e45f5d433 completed March 8, 2026, 7:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69add2afe284819083723ccaa2219222 completed March 8, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.