Triple
T3486604
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Aerial Lift Bridge |
E73621
|
entity |
| Predicate | crosses |
P416
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Duluth Ship Canal
The Duluth Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Duluth, Minnesota, that provides access between Lake Superior and the Duluth–Superior Harbor for large commercial and recreational vessels.
|
E361223
|
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: Duluth Ship Canal | Statement: [Aerial Lift Bridge, crosses, Duluth Ship Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duluth Ship Canal Context triple: [Aerial Lift Bridge, crosses, Duluth Ship Canal]
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A.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
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B.
Keweenaw Waterway
The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
- 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: Duluth Ship Canal Triple: [Aerial Lift Bridge, crosses, Duluth Ship Canal]
Generated description
The Duluth Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Duluth, Minnesota, that provides access between Lake Superior and the Duluth–Superior Harbor for large commercial and recreational vessels.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duluth Ship Canal Target entity description: The Duluth Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Duluth, Minnesota, that provides access between Lake Superior and the Duluth–Superior Harbor for large commercial and recreational vessels.
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A.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
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B.
Keweenaw Waterway
The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
- 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_69ad85cca8d4819088494e9f3340fab5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbb9059f881908f9cbe544365c8df |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b368248f9c81908a1905a705e57c53 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b36a2231008190820b0c50ad2d661a |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b36a8dae1481908b10a966ebcf89b2 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.