Triple

T3236088
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rhine–Main–Danube Canal E67857 entity
Predicate crossesWatershed P47513 FINISHED
Object Rhine–Danube watershed
The Rhine–Danube watershed is the major European drainage divide separating river systems that flow into the North Sea via the Rhine from those that flow into the Black Sea via the Danube.
E359893 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Rhine–Danube watershed | Statement: [Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, crossesWatershed, Rhine–Danube watershed]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhine–Danube watershed
Context triple: [Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, crossesWatershed, Rhine–Danube watershed]
  • A. Rhine–Meuse river system
    The Rhine–Meuse river system is a major interconnected river network in Western Europe that drains large parts of the Alps and low countries before emptying into the North Sea through multiple distributaries.
  • B. Wupper basin
    The Wupper basin is a river catchment area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, drained by the Wupper River and encompassing several towns and cities in the Bergisches Land region.
  • C. Upper Rhine
    The Upper Rhine is a major section of the Rhine River flowing along the borders of France, Germany, and Switzerland, known for its historic cities, vineyards, and role as a key European waterway.
  • D. Rheinbund
    The Rheinbund, or Confederation of the Rhine, was a coalition of German states organized under the influence of Napoleon in the early 19th century that effectively ended the Holy Roman Empire and served as a French client confederation.
  • E. High Rhine
    The High Rhine is a stretch of the Rhine River in Central Europe, flowing swiftly between Lake Constance and Basel and forming part of the border between Germany and Switzerland.
  • 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: Rhine–Danube watershed
Triple: [Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, crossesWatershed, Rhine–Danube watershed]
Generated description
The Rhine–Danube watershed is the major European drainage divide separating river systems that flow into the North Sea via the Rhine from those that flow into the Black Sea via the Danube.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhine–Danube watershed
Target entity description: The Rhine–Danube watershed is the major European drainage divide separating river systems that flow into the North Sea via the Rhine from those that flow into the Black Sea via the Danube.
  • A. Rhine–Meuse river system
    The Rhine–Meuse river system is a major interconnected river network in Western Europe that drains large parts of the Alps and low countries before emptying into the North Sea through multiple distributaries.
  • B. Wupper basin
    The Wupper basin is a river catchment area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, drained by the Wupper River and encompassing several towns and cities in the Bergisches Land region.
  • C. Upper Rhine
    The Upper Rhine is a major section of the Rhine River flowing along the borders of France, Germany, and Switzerland, known for its historic cities, vineyards, and role as a key European waterway.
  • D. Rheinbund
    The Rheinbund, or Confederation of the Rhine, was a coalition of German states organized under the influence of Napoleon in the early 19th century that effectively ended the Holy Roman Empire and served as a French client confederation.
  • E. High Rhine
    The High Rhine is a stretch of the Rhine River in Central Europe, flowing swiftly between Lake Constance and Basel and forming part of the border between Germany and Switzerland.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: crossesWatershed
Context triple: [Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, crossesWatershed, Rhine–Danube watershed]
  • A. crossedByRiver
    Indicates that a river passes across or through a specified area, feature, or route.
  • B. crossesWaterBody
    Indicates that an entity moves from one side of a water body to the other by passing over, through, or across it.
  • C. crossesBetween
    Indicates that one entity passes from one side of a second entity to the other, traversing the space between two reference points or boundaries associated with that second entity.
  • D. crossesMountainRange
    Indicates that one entity traverses from one side of a mountain range to the other, passing through or over it.
  • E. crossedBy
    Indicates that one entity (typically a path, line, or boundary) is intersected or traversed by another entity.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69ad858d27348190abb61c280b4c86a9 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adaee05d34819095dbce4db6ac8613 completed March 8, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b36093ae9081909f6e63b1efcb9fbb completed March 13, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b361a207488190b565fa079da573ed completed March 13, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b362586a008190b0d54e5cb38845e3 completed March 13, 2026, 1:03 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69ada4159e0481908cbbdd750f5e08c7 completed March 8, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69ada698eeb48190a1f5762fdd3b7b63 completed March 8, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.