Triple
T5744200
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shropshire Union Canal |
E126687
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectsTo |
P845
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ellesmere Canal
The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
|
E552669
|
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: Ellesmere Canal | Statement: [Shropshire Union Canal, connectsTo, Ellesmere Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellesmere Canal Context triple: [Shropshire Union Canal, connectsTo, Ellesmere Canal]
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A.
Keadby Canal
Keadby Canal is a navigable waterway in South Yorkshire, England, linking inland navigation routes to the River Trent near the village of Keadby.
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B.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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C.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
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D.
St Helens Canal
St Helens Canal is a historic industrial waterway in northwest England that once served as an important transport route for coal and other goods during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
- 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: Ellesmere Canal Triple: [Shropshire Union Canal, connectsTo, Ellesmere Canal]
Generated description
The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellesmere Canal Target entity description: The Ellesmere Canal is a historic English waterway that formed part of an ambitious late-18th-century canal network linking the industrial Midlands to the River Mersey and the Welsh border regions.
-
A.
Keadby Canal
Keadby Canal is a navigable waterway in South Yorkshire, England, linking inland navigation routes to the River Trent near the village of Keadby.
-
B.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
-
C.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
-
D.
St Helens Canal
St Helens Canal is a historic industrial waterway in northwest England that once served as an important transport route for coal and other goods during the Industrial Revolution.
-
E.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
- 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_69c0b0c0dd948190a39c714026a228b0 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0b1c9ebdc819089752d150b584a6f |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0b27981848190a5b7c618044241b0 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:48 p.m.