Triple

T6026773
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wabash River E134199 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Wabash and Erie Canal
The Wabash and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Ohio River, facilitating transportation and commerce across the Midwest.
E563448 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: Wabash and Erie Canal | Statement: [Wabash River, associatedWith, Wabash and Erie Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wabash and Erie Canal
Context triple: [Wabash River, associatedWith, Wabash and Erie Canal]
  • A. Ohio and Erie Canal
    The Ohio and Erie Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Ohio that linked Lake Erie to the Ohio River, spurring economic growth and the development of cities such as Akron.
  • B. Illinois and Michigan Canal
    The Illinois and Michigan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in Illinois that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River system, playing a crucial role in the region’s economic development and westward expansion.
  • C. Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Cayuga–Seneca Canal
    The Cayuga–Seneca Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that links Cayuga and Seneca Lakes to the Erie Canal, facilitating regional transportation and recreation.
  • 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: Wabash and Erie Canal
Triple: [Wabash River, associatedWith, Wabash and Erie Canal]
Generated description
The Wabash and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Ohio River, facilitating transportation and commerce across the Midwest.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wabash and Erie Canal
Target entity description: The Wabash and Erie Canal was a 19th-century man-made waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Ohio River, facilitating transportation and commerce across the Midwest.
  • A. Ohio and Erie Canal
    The Ohio and Erie Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Ohio that linked Lake Erie to the Ohio River, spurring economic growth and the development of cities such as Akron.
  • B. Illinois and Michigan Canal
    The Illinois and Michigan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in Illinois that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River system, playing a crucial role in the region’s economic development and westward expansion.
  • C. Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Cayuga–Seneca Canal
    The Cayuga–Seneca Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that links Cayuga and Seneca Lakes to the Erie Canal, facilitating regional transportation and recreation.
  • 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_69c0087515148190a97475d412563865 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0560cdc308190b25ca8ecb42c4e4f completed March 22, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c113799d648190a08516a33a5f92b7 completed March 23, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c113c9bc048190ab517300d56dd8e0 completed March 23, 2026, 10:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1144e77f881908ab59a67160c1630 completed March 23, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:07 p.m.