Triple
T22865211
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wardle Canal |
E567032
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectsWaterway |
P6307
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal |
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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: Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal | Statement: [Wardle Canal, connectsWaterway, Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal Context triple: [Wardle Canal, connectsWaterway, Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal]
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A.
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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B.
Droitwich Canal
Droitwich Canal is a restored historic waterway in Worcestershire, England, linking the town of Droitwich Spa to the River Severn and forming part of the region’s canal network.
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C.
Wyrley and Essington Canal
The Wyrley and Essington Canal is an historic inland waterway in the West Midlands of England, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and serving former industrial towns such as Walsall.
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D.
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal that forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, linking Birmingham with Fazeley and connecting to wider Midlands waterways.
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E.
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal
chosen
The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal is a historic English waterway that forms a key part of the route between the Midlands and the northwest, now incorporated into the Shropshire Union Canal network.
- 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_69e24589083081908d5694c4fdc80086 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f17effd93081909f2c9a8857a8728b |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:46 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:38 p.m.