Triple

T3642757
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McNary Dam E77226 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object McNary Lock and Dam
McNary Lock and Dam is a navigation lock facility integrated into the McNary Dam complex on the Columbia River, enabling river traffic to bypass the dam.
 E395753 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: McNary Lock and Dam | Statement: [McNary Dam, hasPart, McNary Lock and Dam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McNary Lock and Dam
Context triple: [McNary Dam, hasPart, McNary Lock and Dam]
  • A. Murray Lock and Dam
    Murray Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Arkansas, that helps regulate river flow and support commercial barge traffic.
  • B. Alton Lock and Dam
    Alton Lock and Dam is a major navigation and flood-control structure on the Mississippi River that helps regulate river traffic and water levels as part of the Illinois Waterway system.
  • C. Dresden Island Lock and Dam
    Dresden Island Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois Waterway that helps regulate river levels and facilitate barge traffic in northeastern Illinois.
  • D. Dardanelle Lock and Dam
    Dardanelle Lock and Dam is a major navigation and hydroelectric structure on the Arkansas River in Arkansas, forming part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
  • E. Peoria Lock and Dam
    Peoria Lock and Dam is a navigation structure on the Illinois River that helps manage river traffic and water levels as part of the Illinois Waterway.
  • 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: McNary Lock and Dam
Triple: [McNary Dam, hasPart, McNary Lock and Dam]
Generated description
McNary Lock and Dam is a navigation lock facility integrated into the McNary Dam complex on the Columbia River, enabling river traffic to bypass the dam.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McNary Lock and Dam
Target entity description: McNary Lock and Dam is a navigation lock facility integrated into the McNary Dam complex on the Columbia River, enabling river traffic to bypass the dam.
  • A. Murray Lock and Dam
    Murray Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Arkansas, that helps regulate river flow and support commercial barge traffic.
  • B. Alton Lock and Dam
    Alton Lock and Dam is a major navigation and flood-control structure on the Mississippi River that helps regulate river traffic and water levels as part of the Illinois Waterway system.
  • C. Dresden Island Lock and Dam
    Dresden Island Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois Waterway that helps regulate river levels and facilitate barge traffic in northeastern Illinois.
  • D. Dardanelle Lock and Dam
    Dardanelle Lock and Dam is a major navigation and hydroelectric structure on the Arkansas River in Arkansas, forming part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
  • E. Peoria Lock and Dam
    Peoria Lock and Dam is a navigation structure on the Illinois River that helps manage river traffic and water levels as part of the Illinois Waterway.
  • 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_69ad85de1b988190a45f8dbfebc806fc completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc35acf2c81908f60168e93b773b1 completed March 8, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5120849188190bea912ed14f90bf3 completed March 14, 2026, 7:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b515ef57b08190b733f341421f3854 completed March 14, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5164130d88190bfc4681c3368a1a1 completed March 14, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:24 p.m.