Triple
T3218418
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction |
E67451
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Manchester canal network
The Manchester canal network is an interconnected system of historic waterways that supported the city’s industrial growth by linking its mills, warehouses, and docks to regional and national transport routes.
|
E337610
|
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: Manchester canal network | Statement: [Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction, partOf, Manchester canal network]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manchester canal network Context triple: [Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction, partOf, Manchester canal network]
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A.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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B.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
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C.
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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D.
Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
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E.
Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a major 19th-century inland waterway in northwest England that enabled ocean-going ships to reach the industrial city of Manchester from the Irish Sea.
- 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: Manchester canal network Triple: [Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction, partOf, Manchester canal network]
Generated description
The Manchester canal network is an interconnected system of historic waterways that supported the city’s industrial growth by linking its mills, warehouses, and docks to regional and national transport routes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manchester canal network Target entity description: The Manchester canal network is an interconnected system of historic waterways that supported the city’s industrial growth by linking its mills, warehouses, and docks to regional and national transport routes.
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A.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
-
B.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
-
E.
Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a major 19th-century inland waterway in northwest England that enabled ocean-going ships to reach the industrial city of Manchester from the Irish Sea.
- 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_69ad858b8adc8190ad989712c87a476b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adab0c48b481909d1bd9dc41dfa8c2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b26245dfb08190a051ec6d2dbc63c6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 6:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b264c54c508190be85da879935e7f4 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b268d60bd0819097194da2e9065947 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.