Triple

T8309505
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mittelland Canal E194553 entity
Predicate hasLock P2431 FINISHED
Object Scharnebeck twin ship lift (via Elbe Lateral Canal connection)
The Scharnebeck twin ship lift is a large double-chamber boat lift in Lower Saxony, Germany, that raises and lowers vessels between different water levels on the Elbe Lateral Canal.
 E725046 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: Scharnebeck twin ship lift (via Elbe Lateral Canal connection) | Statement: [Mittelland Canal, hasLock, Scharnebeck twin ship lift (via Elbe Lateral Canal connection)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Scharnebeck twin ship lift (via Elbe Lateral Canal connection)
Context triple: [Mittelland Canal, hasLock, Scharnebeck twin ship lift (via Elbe Lateral Canal connection)]
  • A. Elbe shipping lock
    The Elbe shipping lock is a key navigational structure on the Elbe River that enables vessels to bypass water level differences and safely transit near Lauenburg.
  • B. Weilburg ship tunnel on the Lahn
    The Weilburg ship tunnel on the Lahn is a historic 19th-century navigation tunnel in Weilburg, Germany, built to allow boats to bypass a river bend and now considered an industrial and engineering landmark.
  • C. Elbe-Lübeck Canal
    The Elbe-Lübeck Canal is an artificial waterway in northern Germany that links the Elbe River with the city of Lübeck and the Baltic Sea, serving as an important inland shipping route.
  • D. Weser–Datteln Canal
    The Weser–Datteln Canal is a major German shipping canal that links the River Weser with the Ruhr area’s inland waterway network, facilitating industrial transport across northwestern Germany.
  • E. Weser–Elbe Canal
    The Weser–Elbe Canal is a man-made waterway in northern Germany that links the Weser and Elbe river systems to facilitate inland shipping and regional 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: Scharnebeck twin ship lift (via Elbe Lateral Canal connection)
Triple: [Mittelland Canal, hasLock, Scharnebeck twin ship lift (via Elbe Lateral Canal connection)]
Generated description
The Scharnebeck twin ship lift is a large double-chamber boat lift in Lower Saxony, Germany, that raises and lowers vessels between different water levels on the Elbe Lateral Canal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Scharnebeck twin ship lift (via Elbe Lateral Canal connection)
Target entity description: The Scharnebeck twin ship lift is a large double-chamber boat lift in Lower Saxony, Germany, that raises and lowers vessels between different water levels on the Elbe Lateral Canal.
  • A. Elbe shipping lock
    The Elbe shipping lock is a key navigational structure on the Elbe River that enables vessels to bypass water level differences and safely transit near Lauenburg.
  • B. Weilburg ship tunnel on the Lahn
    The Weilburg ship tunnel on the Lahn is a historic 19th-century navigation tunnel in Weilburg, Germany, built to allow boats to bypass a river bend and now considered an industrial and engineering landmark.
  • C. Elbe-Lübeck Canal
    The Elbe-Lübeck Canal is an artificial waterway in northern Germany that links the Elbe River with the city of Lübeck and the Baltic Sea, serving as an important inland shipping route.
  • D. Weser–Datteln Canal
    The Weser–Datteln Canal is a major German shipping canal that links the River Weser with the Ruhr area’s inland waterway network, facilitating industrial transport across northwestern Germany.
  • E. Weser–Elbe Canal
    The Weser–Elbe Canal is a man-made waterway in northern Germany that links the Weser and Elbe river systems to facilitate inland shipping and regional 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_69ca82e613e88190bf8139669bbd0d53 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7f2d2c30819095075940479b75a7 completed March 31, 2026, 8 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd95665390819089c8becad018cf51 completed April 1, 2026, 10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cda62070888190b55b3f54d29e28e7 completed April 1, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdb21a65d88190a19dd41f95d173c8 completed April 2, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:54 p.m.