Triple

T18297877
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scottish Canals E438280 entity
Predicate manages P86 FINISHED
Object Monkland Canal (remnants) — NE NERFINISHED

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: Monkland Canal (remnants) | Statement: [Scottish Canals, manages, Monkland Canal (remnants)]

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: Monkland Canal (remnants)
Context triple: [Scottish Canals, manages, Monkland Canal (remnants)]
  • A. Monkland Canal (partly infilled)
    Monkland Canal (partly infilled) is a historic Scottish waterway, now largely disused and partially filled in, that once played a key role in the industrial development of the Coatbridge area.
  • B. Monklands Canal chosen
    Monklands Canal was an important 18th–19th century Scottish waterway built to transport coal and other industrial goods between the Monklands coalfields and Glasgow.
  • C. Caldon Canal
    The Caldon Canal is a historic English waterway in Staffordshire that branches from the Trent and Mersey Canal, running through the Potteries and the Churnet Valley.
  • D. Calder Valley canal network
    The Calder Valley canal network is a historic system of interconnected waterways in West Yorkshire, England, that supported industrial transport and now serves leisure boating and heritage tourism.
  • E. Paisley Canal
    Paisley Canal is a railway station in Paisley, Scotland, serving as the terminus of the Paisley Canal Line.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d8b915e3e881909125d760c15d0c29 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e5017cc540819096c103a2c72315e6 ner completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.