Triple

T5953868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lake Washington–Cedar River watershed E132463 entity
Predicate connectedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Ballard Locks
Ballard Locks, officially known as the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, is a major lock system in Seattle that manages boat traffic and water levels between the freshwater lakes and the saltwater Puget Sound.
E558185 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: Ballard Locks | Statement: [Lake Washington–Cedar River watershed, connectedTo, Ballard Locks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballard Locks
Context triple: [Lake Washington–Cedar River watershed, connectedTo, Ballard Locks]
  • A. Bosley Locks
    Bosley Locks is a historic flight of canal locks in Cheshire, England, that raises the Macclesfield Canal up the side of the Bosley Cloud hill.
  • B. Jones Falls Locks
    Jones Falls Locks is a historic flight of canal locks on the Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada, known for its impressive 19th-century engineering and scenic setting.
  • C. Merrickville Locks
    Merrickville Locks are a historic set of canal locks in Merrickville, Ontario, that form part of the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal waterway.
  • D. Soo Locks
    The Soo Locks are a set of ship locks on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron that enable vessels to bypass the river’s rapids and navigate the Great Lakes.
  • E. Fonserannes Locks
    Fonserannes Locks is a historic multi-chamber lock staircase on the Canal du Midi near Béziers in southern France, renowned as one of the canal’s most impressive engineering works.
  • 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: Ballard Locks
Triple: [Lake Washington–Cedar River watershed, connectedTo, Ballard Locks]
Generated description
Ballard Locks, officially known as the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, is a major lock system in Seattle that manages boat traffic and water levels between the freshwater lakes and the saltwater Puget Sound.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballard Locks
Target entity description: Ballard Locks, officially known as the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, is a major lock system in Seattle that manages boat traffic and water levels between the freshwater lakes and the saltwater Puget Sound.
  • A. Bosley Locks
    Bosley Locks is a historic flight of canal locks in Cheshire, England, that raises the Macclesfield Canal up the side of the Bosley Cloud hill.
  • B. Jones Falls Locks
    Jones Falls Locks is a historic flight of canal locks on the Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada, known for its impressive 19th-century engineering and scenic setting.
  • C. Merrickville Locks
    Merrickville Locks are a historic set of canal locks in Merrickville, Ontario, that form part of the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal waterway.
  • D. Soo Locks
    The Soo Locks are a set of ship locks on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron that enable vessels to bypass the river’s rapids and navigate the Great Lakes.
  • E. Fonserannes Locks
    Fonserannes Locks is a historic multi-chamber lock staircase on the Canal du Midi near Béziers in southern France, renowned as one of the canal’s most impressive engineering works.
  • 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_69c0086b05cc8190a8f36a96927a525c completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c039bef5c8819093f280b235a593b0 completed March 22, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0e3d77fb08190a24d319adc608df5 completed March 23, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0f4d9f7608190a1dc5fadf8c7a050 completed March 23, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0f536b8108190bfe7907c488819f9 completed March 23, 2026, 8:09 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:02 p.m.