Triple

T3019264
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Grand Union Canal E82412 entity
Predicate hasLock P2431 FINISHED
Object Watford Locks
Watford Locks is a flight of canal locks on the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire, England, known for lifting boats between the canal’s lower and upper levels near Watford Gap.
E322567 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: Watford Locks | Statement: [Grand Union Canal, hasLock, Watford Locks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watford Locks
Context triple: [Grand Union Canal, hasLock, Watford Locks]
  • A. Hatton Locks
    Hatton Locks is a famous flight of canal locks near Warwick in England, known for its steep rise and historic role in enabling boat traffic along the Grand Union Canal.
  • B. Hertford Lock
    Hertford Lock is a navigation lock on the River Lea in Hertfordshire, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the waterway.
  • C. Catteshall Lock
    Catteshall Lock is a historic navigation lock on the River Wey in Surrey, England, forming part of one of the country’s earliest commercial waterways.
  • D. Shepperton Lock
    Shepperton Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, used to manage river navigation and water levels near the town of Shepperton.
  • E. Barton Lock
    Barton Lock is a lock on the Manchester Ship Canal that enables vessels to navigate changes in water level along this major industrial waterway in northwest England.
  • 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: Watford Locks
Triple: [Grand Union Canal, hasLock, Watford Locks]
Generated description
Watford Locks is a flight of canal locks on the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire, England, known for lifting boats between the canal’s lower and upper levels near Watford Gap.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watford Locks
Target entity description: Watford Locks is a flight of canal locks on the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire, England, known for lifting boats between the canal’s lower and upper levels near Watford Gap.
  • A. Hatton Locks
    Hatton Locks is a famous flight of canal locks near Warwick in England, known for its steep rise and historic role in enabling boat traffic along the Grand Union Canal.
  • B. Hertford Lock
    Hertford Lock is a navigation lock on the River Lea in Hertfordshire, England, used to manage water levels and enable boat passage along the waterway.
  • C. Catteshall Lock
    Catteshall Lock is a historic navigation lock on the River Wey in Surrey, England, forming part of one of the country’s earliest commercial waterways.
  • D. Shepperton Lock
    Shepperton Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, used to manage river navigation and water levels near the town of Shepperton.
  • E. Barton Lock
    Barton Lock is a lock on the Manchester Ship Canal that enables vessels to navigate changes in water level along this major industrial waterway in northwest England.
  • 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_69b1eee74390819087e48b67ed4a9f27 completed March 11, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1ef5bbec4819082757bb3ddd614ff completed March 11, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1efdfba0081908e3e30faa8d0f862 completed March 11, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.