Triple
T3478708
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cal-Sag Channel |
E73438
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Illinois waterway system |
E73921
|
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: Illinois waterway system | Statement: [Cal-Sag Channel, partOf, Illinois waterway system]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois waterway system Context triple: [Cal-Sag Channel, partOf, Illinois waterway system]
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A.
Illinois Waterway system
chosen
The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
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B.
Great Lakes waterway
The Great Lakes waterway is a system of natural and artificial channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
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C.
Chicago Harbors system
The Chicago Harbors system is a network of public harbors and marinas along Chicago’s Lake Michigan shoreline that provides docking, mooring, and boating services.
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D.
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Illinois that reverses the flow of the Chicago River, diverts wastewater away from Lake Michigan, and serves as a key navigation link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system.
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E.
Illinois River
The Illinois River is a principal waterway in the U.S. state of Illinois that serves as a key tributary of the Mississippi River and an important route for transportation, commerce, and recreation.
- 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_69ad85b3c9b08190857cae74c7f36da9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbb5ca73c81908256e3339a3a6f9f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b37e5efe9c819087fbda6832598c04 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.