Triple
T23085805
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 |
E575593
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatorOfFailedDam |
P133348
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sheffield Waterworks Company |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Sheffield Waterworks Company | Statement: [Great Sheffield Flood of 1864, operatorOfFailedDam, Sheffield Waterworks Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheffield Waterworks Company Context triple: [Great Sheffield Flood of 1864, operatorOfFailedDam, Sheffield Waterworks Company]
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A.
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks was the municipal authority responsible for developing and managing Liverpool’s water supply infrastructure, including major reservoir projects in Wales during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Sheffield Corporation
Sheffield Corporation was the former municipal authority responsible for governing and providing public services in the city of Sheffield, England.
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C.
Cromford Canal Company
The Cromford Canal Company was a British canal company responsible for constructing and managing the Cromford Canal during the Industrial Revolution to support regional trade and industry.
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D.
Trent and Mersey Canal Company
The Trent and Mersey Canal Company was the historic British company responsible for building and operating the Trent and Mersey Canal, a key industrial waterway linking the River Trent to the River Mersey during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Manchester Ship Canal Company
The Manchester Ship Canal Company was the organization responsible for financing, constructing, and operating the Manchester Ship Canal, a major late-19th-century engineering project that turned Manchester into an inland seaport.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheffield Waterworks Company Target entity description: The Sheffield Waterworks Company was a 19th-century utility company responsible for supplying water to Sheffield, England, and is historically notorious for its role in the catastrophic Great Sheffield Flood of 1864.
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A.
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks was the municipal authority responsible for developing and managing Liverpool’s water supply infrastructure, including major reservoir projects in Wales during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Sheffield Corporation
Sheffield Corporation was the former municipal authority responsible for governing and providing public services in the city of Sheffield, England.
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C.
Cromford Canal Company
The Cromford Canal Company was a British canal company responsible for constructing and managing the Cromford Canal during the Industrial Revolution to support regional trade and industry.
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D.
Trent and Mersey Canal Company
The Trent and Mersey Canal Company was the historic British company responsible for building and operating the Trent and Mersey Canal, a key industrial waterway linking the River Trent to the River Mersey during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Manchester Ship Canal Company
The Manchester Ship Canal Company was the organization responsible for financing, constructing, and operating the Manchester Ship Canal, a major late-19th-century engineering project that turned Manchester into an inland seaport.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: operatorOfFailedDam Context triple: [Great Sheffield Flood of 1864, operatorOfFailedDam, Sheffield Waterworks Company]
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A.
damOperator
chosen
Indicates that one entity is responsible for operating, managing, or controlling the functioning of a dam associated with another entity.
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B.
damState
Indicates the operational or physical condition a dam is currently in, such as its status, integrity, or level of functionality.
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C.
hasDam
Indicates that a watercourse, reservoir, or similar feature is impounded or controlled by a specific dam.
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D.
typeOfDam
Indicates the specific kind or classification of a dam associated with an entity.
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E.
hasDamFunction
Indicates that something serves the role or performs the function of a dam, such as impounding or regulating the flow of water.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69e245bf3e3c819086d3448720efc01b |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18da573588190a8e0c859667e64a6 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:48 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ef89e5ce748190b2c3ac3843484127 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:57 p.m.