Triple
T5488185
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Blackstone Valley |
E123636
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Blackstone Canal
The Blackstone Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in the northeastern United States that played a key role in early industrial transportation and the development of mill towns in the Blackstone Valley.
|
E522834
|
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: Blackstone Canal | Statement: [Blackstone Valley, associatedWith, Blackstone Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blackstone Canal Context triple: [Blackstone Valley, associatedWith, Blackstone Canal]
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A.
Burlington Canal
The Burlington Canal is a navigational waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides ship access between Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbour.
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B.
East Low Canal
The East Low Canal is a major irrigation waterway in central Washington State that delivers Columbia River water to farmlands as part of the Columbia Basin’s large-scale reclamation system.
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C.
Gage Canal
Gage Canal is a historic irrigation canal in Riverside, California, that played a crucial role in developing the region’s citrus industry and agricultural growth.
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D.
Barkley Canal
Barkley Canal is a man-made waterway in western Kentucky that links Kentucky Lake with Lake Barkley, enabling navigation between the two reservoirs.
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E.
Patowmack Canal
The Patowmack Canal was an early American canal project along the Potomac River, championed by George Washington to improve inland navigation and trade in the late 18th century.
- 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: Blackstone Canal Triple: [Blackstone Valley, associatedWith, Blackstone Canal]
Generated description
The Blackstone Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in the northeastern United States that played a key role in early industrial transportation and the development of mill towns in the Blackstone Valley.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blackstone Canal Target entity description: The Blackstone Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in the northeastern United States that played a key role in early industrial transportation and the development of mill towns in the Blackstone Valley.
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A.
Burlington Canal
The Burlington Canal is a navigational waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides ship access between Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbour.
-
B.
East Low Canal
The East Low Canal is a major irrigation waterway in central Washington State that delivers Columbia River water to farmlands as part of the Columbia Basin’s large-scale reclamation system.
-
C.
Gage Canal
Gage Canal is a historic irrigation canal in Riverside, California, that played a crucial role in developing the region’s citrus industry and agricultural growth.
-
D.
Barkley Canal
Barkley Canal is a man-made waterway in western Kentucky that links Kentucky Lake with Lake Barkley, enabling navigation between the two reservoirs.
-
E.
Patowmack Canal
The Patowmack Canal was an early American canal project along the Potomac River, championed by George Washington to improve inland navigation and trade in the late 18th century.
- 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_69bd464a2d908190869324ce176779c8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd9264d014819097c83bb5c2bb8c39 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf48aa12708190add69c5fd51d161d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf4a2b6c508190ad13f6d9823ad747 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf4a87d1fc8190a0e0e75d6f9cd766 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:10 p.m.