Triple

T18425452
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Illinois and Michigan Canal E442127 entity
Predicate connects P390 FINISHED
Object Great Lakes NE NERFINISHED

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: Great Lakes | Statement: [Illinois and Michigan Canal, connects, Great Lakes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Lakes
Context triple: [Illinois and Michigan Canal, connects, Great Lakes]
  • A. Great Lakes chosen
    The Great Lakes are a chain of five vast freshwater lakes in North America that form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and are a critical hub for transportation, industry, and ecology.
  • B. Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
    The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • C. Great Lakes Basin
    The Great Lakes Basin is the vast watershed region in North America that drains into and surrounds the five Great Lakes, encompassing parts of both the United States and Canada.
  • D. Upper Great Lakes
    The Upper Great Lakes region encompasses the northern parts of Lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron and their surrounding lands, known for its dense forests, rich Indigenous histories, and significant roles in North American trade, industry, and ecology.
  • E. Great Lake
    The Great Lake is an expansive ornamental body of water forming a dramatic focal point within the landscaped grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (2 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_69d8b9eb8a508190a942fd75ebd8b1dc completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e51b12606081908ea320fd8d5554c6 completed April 19, 2026, 6:12 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:47 a.m.