Triple

T534007
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Castlefield E12285 entity
Predicate waterwayJunction P16534 FINISHED
Object Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction
The Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction is a historic canal intersection in Manchester’s Castlefield area, marking a key node in the city’s industrial-era waterway network.
E67451 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction | Statement: [Castlefield, waterwayJunction, Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction
Context triple: [Castlefield, waterwayJunction, Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
    The Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a short canal branch in Lancashire, England, linking the main Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the River Douglas and providing a navigable route toward the Ribble Estuary.
  • C. Leeds and Liverpool Canal
    The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
  • 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. Trent and Mersey Canal
    The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
  • 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: Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction
Triple: [Castlefield, waterwayJunction, Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction]
Generated description
The Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction is a historic canal intersection in Manchester’s Castlefield area, marking a key node in the city’s industrial-era waterway network.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction
Target entity description: The Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction is a historic canal intersection in Manchester’s Castlefield area, marking a key node in the city’s industrial-era waterway network.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
    The Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a short canal branch in Lancashire, England, linking the main Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the River Douglas and providing a navigable route toward the Ribble Estuary.
  • C. Leeds and Liverpool Canal
    The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
  • 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. Trent and Mersey Canal
    The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: waterwayJunction
Context triple: [Castlefield, waterwayJunction, Bridgewater Canal and Rochdale Canal junction]
  • A. riverConfluence
    Indicates the location or relationship where two or more rivers or streams join and merge into a single watercourse.
  • B. waterwayServed
    Indicates that a place, facility, or infrastructure is served by, connected to, or functionally supported by a particular waterway.
  • C. waterwaySystem
    Indicates that one entity is part of, or belongs to, a connected network of waterways associated with another entity.
  • D. mouthOfTheWatercourse
    Indicates the location where a watercourse ends and flows into a larger body of water.
  • E. mouthOfWatercourse
    Indicates the location where a watercourse ends and flows into a larger body of water or another watercourse.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a4933208e88190891f5debab1b776d completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4985e51908190a34aa82ea9dbee1e completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4c66d76588190864ac6a992c44545 completed March 1, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4c7d8ba3081909ae63cafc11ad6bb completed March 1, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4c83437ec8190a8b71e45357b4e32 completed March 1, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a494b3e49081909810fa417b31306f completed March 1, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a49857e1148190aa782b82675cf0b5 completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.