Triple
T22298006
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal |
E551173
|
entity |
| Predicate | waterwaySystem |
P2432
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FINISHED |
| Object | Shropshire Union Canal network |
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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 network | Statement: [Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, waterwaySystem, Shropshire Union Canal network]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shropshire Union Canal network Context triple: [Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, waterwaySystem, Shropshire Union Canal network]
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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.
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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C.
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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D.
Cheshire canal network
The Cheshire canal network is an interconnected system of historic canals in Cheshire, England, that supported regional trade and transport during the Industrial Revolution and now serves leisure boating and tourism.
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E.
Midlands canal network
The Midlands canal network is an interconnected system of historic inland waterways in central England that played a key role in the region’s industrial transport and trade.
- 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_69e11e45fb848190a1b2ae21296e3a5f |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1572200c88190b9413286136fef15 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 12:56 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:41 p.m.