Triple
T7755783
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pawtucket Canal |
E175891
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entity |
| Predicate | governingBody |
P46
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River (historical)
The Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River was a historic Massachusetts corporation that developed and managed canals, waterpower, and industrial infrastructure along the Merrimack River, playing a key role in the early American textile and manufacturing industry.
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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: Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River (historical) | Statement: [Pawtucket Canal, governingBody, Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River (historical) ]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River (historical) Context triple: [Pawtucket Canal, governingBody, Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River (historical) ]
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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.
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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C.
Ill River canals
The Ill River canals are a network of picturesque waterways flowing through Strasbourg, France, lined with historic buildings and crossed by charming bridges.
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D.
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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E.
Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
The Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company was the private corporation that developed and operated the original Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
- 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: Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River (historical) Triple: [Pawtucket Canal, governingBody, Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River (historical) ]
Generated description
The Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River was a historic Massachusetts corporation that developed and managed canals, waterpower, and industrial infrastructure along the Merrimack River, playing a key role in the early American textile and manufacturing industry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River (historical) Target entity description: The Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River was a historic Massachusetts corporation that developed and managed canals, waterpower, and industrial infrastructure along the Merrimack River, playing a key role in the early American textile and manufacturing industry.
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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.
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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C.
Ill River canals
The Ill River canals are a network of picturesque waterways flowing through Strasbourg, France, lined with historic buildings and crossed by charming bridges.
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D.
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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E.
Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
The Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company was the private corporation that developed and operated the original Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
- 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.