Triple
T3019248
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grand Union Canal |
E82412
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedByMergerOf |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Warwick and Birmingham Canal
The Warwick and Birmingham Canal was a historic English waterway linking Birmingham to Warwick, later incorporated into the Grand Union Canal network.
|
E320702
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Warwick and Birmingham Canal | Statement: [Grand Union Canal, formedByMergerOf, Warwick and Birmingham Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Warwick and Birmingham Canal Context triple: [Grand Union Canal, formedByMergerOf, Warwick and Birmingham Canal]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Warwick and Napton Canal
The Warwick and Napton Canal is a historic English waterway that once linked Warwick to Napton Junction and now forms part of the main line of the Grand Union Canal.
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D.
Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations is an extensive network of interconnected canals in the English Midlands that historically served as a major industrial transport system around Birmingham and the Black Country.
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E.
Shropshire Union Canal
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Warwick and Birmingham Canal Triple: [Grand Union Canal, formedByMergerOf, Warwick and Birmingham Canal]
Generated description
The Warwick and Birmingham Canal was a historic English waterway linking Birmingham to Warwick, later incorporated into the Grand Union Canal network.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Warwick and Birmingham Canal Target entity description: The Warwick and Birmingham Canal was a historic English waterway linking Birmingham to Warwick, later incorporated into the Grand Union Canal network.
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A.
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.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Warwick and Napton Canal
The Warwick and Napton Canal is a historic English waterway that once linked Warwick to Napton Junction and now forms part of the main line of the Grand Union Canal.
-
D.
Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations is an extensive network of interconnected canals in the English Midlands that historically served as a major industrial transport system around Birmingham and the Black Country.
-
E.
Shropshire Union Canal
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69ad8b1fb34081908c1b873e2b7273e1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9a927b608190ba1392498507b237 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1deac96b48190a65799e35a7b166e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1e2d8b54081908e73fbcc0062eacb |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1e32f85e08190b6355ab4681b11e8 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.