Triple
T5382398
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Forth and Clyde Canal |
E113117
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entity |
| Predicate | constructionCompany |
P63332
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Forth and Clyde Canal Company
The Forth and Clyde Canal Company was the organization responsible for financing, building, and operating Scotland’s Forth and Clyde Canal, a key 18th-century waterway linking the east and west coasts.
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E113117
|
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: Forth and Clyde Canal Company | Statement: [Forth and Clyde Canal, constructionCompany, Forth and Clyde Canal Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Forth and Clyde Canal Company Context triple: [Forth and Clyde Canal, constructionCompany, Forth and Clyde Canal Company]
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A.
Dundee Shipbuilders Company
Dundee Shipbuilders Company was a Scottish shipbuilding firm best known for constructing notable exploration vessels, including the Antarctic research ship RRS Discovery.
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B.
Forth and Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that crosses the Central Belt, linking the Firth of Forth on the east coast with the Firth of Clyde on the west.
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C.
Scottish Canals
Scottish Canals is the public body responsible for managing and maintaining Scotland’s inland waterways, including historic canals and associated infrastructure.
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D.
Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across Scotland and into England during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Ashton Canal Company
The Ashton Canal Company was the original private company responsible for constructing, operating, and managing the Ashton Canal during the industrial era in England.
- 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: Forth and Clyde Canal Company Triple: [Forth and Clyde Canal, constructionCompany, Forth and Clyde Canal Company]
Generated description
The Forth and Clyde Canal Company was the organization responsible for financing, building, and operating Scotland’s Forth and Clyde Canal, a key 18th-century waterway linking the east and west coasts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Forth and Clyde Canal Company Target entity description: The Forth and Clyde Canal Company was the organization responsible for financing, building, and operating Scotland’s Forth and Clyde Canal, a key 18th-century waterway linking the east and west coasts.
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A.
Dundee Shipbuilders Company
Dundee Shipbuilders Company was a Scottish shipbuilding firm best known for constructing notable exploration vessels, including the Antarctic research ship RRS Discovery.
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B.
Forth and Clyde Canal
chosen
The Forth and Clyde Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that crosses the Central Belt, linking the Firth of Forth on the east coast with the Firth of Clyde on the west.
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C.
Scottish Canals
Scottish Canals is the public body responsible for managing and maintaining Scotland’s inland waterways, including historic canals and associated infrastructure.
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D.
Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across Scotland and into England during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Ashton Canal Company
The Ashton Canal Company was the original private company responsible for constructing, operating, and managing the Ashton Canal during the industrial era in England.
- F. None of above.
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_69bd4436a1988190af18dcff7fd306b4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd91ac1bf08190a9a575c9822de6cc |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf294cb9288190ab1400dae18332de |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf2a23ba1881909ddc549728bbc2d3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf2e6d5f9081908327dff0058241f0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.