Triple
T5744199
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shropshire Union Canal |
E126687
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectsTo |
P845
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal
The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal is a historic English waterway that forms a key part of the route between the Midlands and the northwest, now incorporated into the Shropshire Union Canal network.
|
E551173
|
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: Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal | Statement: [Shropshire Union Canal, connectsTo, Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Context triple: [Shropshire Union Canal, connectsTo, Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal]
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A.
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal that forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, linking Birmingham with Fazeley and connecting to wider Midlands waterways.
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B.
Wyrley and Essington Canal
The Wyrley and Essington Canal is an historic inland waterway in the West Midlands of England, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and serving former industrial towns such as Walsall.
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C.
Warwick and Birmingham Canal
The Warwick and Birmingham Canal was a historic English waterway linking Birmingham to Warwick, later incorporated into the Grand Union Canal network.
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D.
Walsall Canal
The Walsall Canal is a historic narrow canal in the West Midlands, England, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and serving the industrial town of Walsall.
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E.
Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England, known for its scenic route through Cheshire and its role in the region’s 19th-century industrial transport network.
- 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: Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Triple: [Shropshire Union Canal, connectsTo, Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal]
Generated description
The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal is a historic English waterway that forms a key part of the route between the Midlands and the northwest, now incorporated into the Shropshire Union Canal network.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Target entity description: The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal is a historic English waterway that forms a key part of the route between the Midlands and the northwest, now incorporated into the Shropshire Union Canal network.
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A.
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal that forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, linking Birmingham with Fazeley and connecting to wider Midlands waterways.
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B.
Wyrley and Essington Canal
The Wyrley and Essington Canal is an historic inland waterway in the West Midlands of England, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and serving former industrial towns such as Walsall.
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C.
Warwick and Birmingham Canal
The Warwick and Birmingham Canal was a historic English waterway linking Birmingham to Warwick, later incorporated into the Grand Union Canal network.
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D.
Walsall Canal
The Walsall Canal is a historic narrow canal in the West Midlands, England, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and serving the industrial town of Walsall.
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E.
Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England, known for its scenic route through Cheshire and its role in the region’s 19th-century industrial transport network.
- 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_69c0083179548190b384b0bf3c08ca4d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02586b25c819083c409ce324268cc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0a16436588190943a0b81ea9429d9 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0a210d9788190b3a40e8ec2f2c6b6 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0a2afcef88190a77c8089a1b85393 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:48 p.m.