Triple

T8397300
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Menua E198085 entity
Predicate constructed P1511 FINISHED
Object Menua Canal
The Menua Canal is an ancient irrigation and water-supply channel built in the 9th century BCE under the Urartian king Menua near modern-day Van in eastern Turkey.
E732414 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: Menua Canal | Statement: [Menua, constructed, Menua Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Menua Canal
Context triple: [Menua, constructed, Menua Canal]
  • A. La Khê Canal
    La Khê Canal is a waterway in Hanoi that forms part of the city’s broader hydrological and drainage network.
  • B. Canso Canal
    The Canso Canal is a navigation channel in Nova Scotia that allows ships to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and the Northumberland Strait through the Canso Causeway.
  • C. Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that dramatically shortens maritime travel by allowing ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
  • D. Tamiami Canal
    Tamiami Canal is a major man-made waterway in South Florida that runs parallel to the Tamiami Trail, helping drain the Everglades and manage water flow around the Miami metropolitan area.
  • E. Vodootvodny Canal
    Vodootvodny Canal is an artificial waterway in central Moscow that diverts part of the Moskva River and forms the boundary of Balchug Island.
  • 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: Menua Canal
Triple: [Menua, constructed, Menua Canal]
Generated description
The Menua Canal is an ancient irrigation and water-supply channel built in the 9th century BCE under the Urartian king Menua near modern-day Van in eastern Turkey.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Menua Canal
Target entity description: The Menua Canal is an ancient irrigation and water-supply channel built in the 9th century BCE under the Urartian king Menua near modern-day Van in eastern Turkey.
  • A. La Khê Canal
    La Khê Canal is a waterway in Hanoi that forms part of the city’s broader hydrological and drainage network.
  • B. Canso Canal
    The Canso Canal is a navigation channel in Nova Scotia that allows ships to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and the Northumberland Strait through the Canso Causeway.
  • C. Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that dramatically shortens maritime travel by allowing ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
  • D. Tamiami Canal
    Tamiami Canal is a major man-made waterway in South Florida that runs parallel to the Tamiami Trail, helping drain the Everglades and manage water flow around the Miami metropolitan area.
  • E. Vodootvodny Canal
    Vodootvodny Canal is an artificial waterway in central Moscow that diverts part of the Moskva River and forms the boundary of Balchug Island.
  • 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb818893348190a6ea2ff6a2e3e491 completed March 31, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce02e129bc819081e6ea2dd43becba completed April 2, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce077f25648190b9a95fb72f5b4f8c completed April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce08e192088190ad8170b1bedd568d completed April 2, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:04 p.m.