Triple
T7755751
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pawtucket Canal |
E175891
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entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Merrimack River canal system
The Merrimack River canal system is a historic network of industrial canals built along the Merrimack River to harness water power for textile mills and other manufacturing, particularly in New England mill cities like Lowell.
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E175891
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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: Merrimack River canal system | Statement: [Pawtucket Canal, partOf, Merrimack River canal system]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merrimack River canal system Context triple: [Pawtucket Canal, partOf, Merrimack River canal system]
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A.
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.
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B.
Holyoke Canal System
The Holyoke Canal System is a historic network of industrial power canals in Holyoke, Massachusetts, built in the 19th century to harness the Connecticut River for manufacturing and mill operations.
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C.
Pawtucket Canal
The Pawtucket Canal is a historic industrial waterway in Lowell, Massachusetts, that played a key role in powering the city’s 19th-century textile mills and shaping early American industrialization.
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D.
Delaware and Hudson Canal
The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
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E.
Bellows Falls Canal
Bellows Falls Canal is a historic navigation and power canal in Bellows Falls, Vermont, built to bypass the Connecticut River falls and support local industry.
- 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: Merrimack River canal system Triple: [Pawtucket Canal, partOf, Merrimack River canal system]
Generated description
The Merrimack River canal system is a historic network of industrial canals built along the Merrimack River to harness water power for textile mills and other manufacturing, particularly in New England mill cities like Lowell.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merrimack River canal system Target entity description: The Merrimack River canal system is a historic network of industrial canals built along the Merrimack River to harness water power for textile mills and other manufacturing, particularly in New England mill cities like Lowell.
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A.
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.
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B.
Holyoke Canal System
The Holyoke Canal System is a historic network of industrial power canals in Holyoke, Massachusetts, built in the 19th century to harness the Connecticut River for manufacturing and mill operations.
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C.
Pawtucket Canal
chosen
The Pawtucket Canal is a historic industrial waterway in Lowell, Massachusetts, that played a key role in powering the city’s 19th-century textile mills and shaping early American industrialization.
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D.
Delaware and Hudson Canal
The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
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E.
Bellows Falls Canal
Bellows Falls Canal is a historic navigation and power canal in Bellows Falls, Vermont, built to bypass the Connecticut River falls and support local industry.
- F. None of above.
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_69c6996180088190832e38e8d83ff54a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c703d9d8fc8190b51faeb081ee425f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8be5dbf5881908d07d70c8ae061a5 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8bfc8256081908a6ae947d783f19f |
completed | March 29, 2026, 5:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8c02e7a548190b2c5ad84e4c3f1fb |
completed | March 29, 2026, 6:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m.