Triple
T22211110
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Middlewich Branch |
E548946
|
entity |
| Predicate | links |
P2535
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shropshire Union Canal main line |
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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: Shropshire Union Canal main line | Statement: [Middlewich Branch, links, Shropshire Union Canal main line]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shropshire Union Canal main line Context triple: [Middlewich Branch, links, Shropshire Union Canal main line]
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A.
Shropshire Union Canal
chosen
The Shropshire Union Canal is a major 19th-century English waterway linking the Midlands to northwest England, known for its long rural stretches, engineering features, and role in the country’s historic canal network.
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B.
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is an 18th-century English inland waterway that forms a key link between the River Severn and the Midlands canal network.
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C.
Shropshire Canal (historic)
The Shropshire Canal was a historic English industrial waterway in Shropshire that served local coal and ironworks during the early development of the region’s canal network.
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D.
Shrewsbury Canal
The Shrewsbury Canal was a historic English waterway in Shropshire that formed part of the region’s industrial-era canal network, linking local towns and industries before its eventual decline with the rise of rail transport.
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E.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
- 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_69e11e3f7e04819089806d81d5ac431e |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12b2bcf748190a9721f0c9ae17e70 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:36 p.m.