Triple

T4587881
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oswego Canal E103411 entity
Predicate jurisdiction P82 FINISHED
Object New York State Canal Law
The New York State Canal Law is a body of state legislation that governs the ownership, operation, maintenance, and regulation of New York’s canal system, including waterways such as the Oswego Canal.
E455317 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: New York State Canal Law | Statement: [Oswego Canal, jurisdiction, New York State Canal Law]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York State Canal Law
Context triple: [Oswego Canal, jurisdiction, New York State Canal Law]
  • A. New York State Canal System
    The New York State Canal System is a network of interconnected canals and waterways in New York that evolved from historic routes like the Erie Canal and now supports recreation, tourism, and limited commercial navigation.
  • B. Hudson River–Black River Regulating District
    The Hudson River–Black River Regulating District is a New York State public agency responsible for managing water levels, flood control, and flow regulation in the Hudson and Black River basins.
  • C. New York State Canal Corporation
    The New York State Canal Corporation is the public agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and promoting New York’s historic canal system, including the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals.
  • D. Holyoke Canal System
    The Holyoke Canal System is a historic network of industrial power canals in Holyoke, Massachusetts, built in the 19th century to harness the Connecticut River for manufacturing and mill operations.
  • E. Delaware and Hudson Canal
    The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
  • 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: New York State Canal Law
Triple: [Oswego Canal, jurisdiction, New York State Canal Law]
Generated description
The New York State Canal Law is a body of state legislation that governs the ownership, operation, maintenance, and regulation of New York’s canal system, including waterways such as the Oswego Canal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York State Canal Law
Target entity description: The New York State Canal Law is a body of state legislation that governs the ownership, operation, maintenance, and regulation of New York’s canal system, including waterways such as the Oswego Canal.
  • A. New York State Canal System
    The New York State Canal System is a network of interconnected canals and waterways in New York that evolved from historic routes like the Erie Canal and now supports recreation, tourism, and limited commercial navigation.
  • B. Hudson River–Black River Regulating District
    The Hudson River–Black River Regulating District is a New York State public agency responsible for managing water levels, flood control, and flow regulation in the Hudson and Black River basins.
  • C. New York State Canal Corporation
    The New York State Canal Corporation is the public agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and promoting New York’s historic canal system, including the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals.
  • D. Holyoke Canal System
    The Holyoke Canal System is a historic network of industrial power canals in Holyoke, Massachusetts, built in the 19th century to harness the Connecticut River for manufacturing and mill operations.
  • E. Delaware and Hudson Canal
    The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
  • 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_69bd43dccaf08190aa89e9991a289719 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd591fc20481908d8d4b71d055ae8c completed March 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bde0b1b014819085543bd297f925c1 completed March 21, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bde38803748190b560b0cac32be443 completed March 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bde419847c8190919ef7f7542ff20f completed March 21, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:11 p.m.