Triple

T46565
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Manchester Ship Canal E912 entity
Predicate hasLock P2431 FINISHED
Object Irlam Lock
Irlam Lock is a lock on the Manchester Ship Canal in Greater Manchester, England, that helps manage vessel traffic and water levels along the waterway.
E9868 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: Irlam Lock | Statement: [Manchester Ship Canal, hasLock, Irlam Lock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irlam Lock
Context triple: [Manchester Ship Canal, hasLock, Irlam Lock]
  • A. Eastham Lock
    Eastham Lock is a major lock complex at the entrance of the Manchester Ship Canal near the River Mersey, enabling sea-going vessels to access the inland waterway.
  • B. Latchford Lock
    Latchford Lock is a major lock on the Manchester Ship Canal in Warrington, England, enabling large vessels to navigate between the River Mersey and the inland port network.
  • C. Manchester Ship Canal
    The Manchester Ship Canal is a major 19th-century inland waterway in northwest England that enabled ocean-going ships to reach the industrial city of Manchester from the Irish Sea.
  • D. Bridgewater Canal
    The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
  • E. Rochdale Canal
    The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
  • 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: Irlam Lock
Triple: [Manchester Ship Canal, hasLock, Irlam Lock]
Generated description
Irlam Lock is a lock on the Manchester Ship Canal in Greater Manchester, England, that helps manage vessel traffic and water levels along the waterway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irlam Lock
Target entity description: Irlam Lock is a lock on the Manchester Ship Canal in Greater Manchester, England, that helps manage vessel traffic and water levels along the waterway.
  • A. Eastham Lock
    Eastham Lock is a major lock complex at the entrance of the Manchester Ship Canal near the River Mersey, enabling sea-going vessels to access the inland waterway.
  • B. Latchford Lock
    Latchford Lock is a major lock on the Manchester Ship Canal in Warrington, England, enabling large vessels to navigate between the River Mersey and the inland port network.
  • C. Manchester Ship Canal
    The Manchester Ship Canal is a major 19th-century inland waterway in northwest England that enabled ocean-going ships to reach the industrial city of Manchester from the Irish Sea.
  • D. Bridgewater Canal
    The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
  • E. Rochdale Canal
    The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
  • 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24ec333fc8190b66776b947e0bdbd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a26c17a9888190b8222d661165bd9f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a26d277ea881908612b8d07ace7e63 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a27148b83081908ee3f8479f63ac06 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.