Triple
T3409226
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rhine–Herne Canal |
E71849
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectsTo |
P845
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Datteln–Hamm Canal |
E338969
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Datteln–Hamm Canal | Statement: [Rhine–Herne Canal, connectsTo, Datteln–Hamm Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Datteln–Hamm Canal Context triple: [Rhine–Herne Canal, connectsTo, Datteln–Hamm Canal]
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A.
Datteln-Hamm Canal
chosen
The Datteln-Hamm Canal is a major artificial waterway in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that connects the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Datteln with the city of Hamm and supports regional inland shipping and industry.
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B.
Weser–Datteln Canal
The Weser–Datteln Canal is a major German shipping canal that links the River Weser with the Ruhr area’s inland waterway network, facilitating industrial transport across northwestern Germany.
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C.
Dortmund–Ems Canal
The Dortmund–Ems Canal is a major German inland waterway linking the industrial Ruhr region with the North Sea via the River Ems, serving as an important route for commercial shipping.
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D.
Rhine–Herne Canal
The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
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E.
Elbe–Havel Canal
The Elbe–Havel Canal is a major German waterway that links the Elbe and Havel river systems, forming part of an important east–west inland shipping route.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69ad85ac312481909e7027ced1456a9f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb90754788190ab85e2bec020f99e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b360be3b6c81909ee0ac6d4512a56d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.