Triple

T8730635
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fort Kobbe E207244 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal
The Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal was a system of U.S. military fortifications, bases, and coastal defenses designed to protect the canal’s Pacific entrance and ensure control over this strategic maritime passage.
E752224 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: Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal | Statement: [Fort Kobbe, partOf, Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal
Context triple: [Fort Kobbe, partOf, Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal]
  • A. Pacific approach to the Panama Canal
    The Pacific approach to the Panama Canal is the navigational waterway and surrounding maritime area on the Pacific Ocean side that guides ships to and from the canal’s locks near Panama City.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Panama Canal railway system
    The Panama Canal railway system is a historic transcontinental rail line in Panama that parallels the Panama Canal, providing vital freight and passenger transport between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  • D. Nicaragua Canal Basin
    The Nicaragua Canal Basin is a proposed interoceanic waterway region in Nicaragua envisioned to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via major inland water bodies and surrounding drainage areas.
  • E. All-American Canal
    The All-American Canal is a major irrigation canal in southeastern California that diverts water from the Colorado River to supply farms and communities in the Imperial Valley.
  • 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: Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal
Triple: [Fort Kobbe, partOf, Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal]
Generated description
The Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal was a system of U.S. military fortifications, bases, and coastal defenses designed to protect the canal’s Pacific entrance and ensure control over this strategic maritime passage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal
Target entity description: The Pacific side defense network of the Panama Canal was a system of U.S. military fortifications, bases, and coastal defenses designed to protect the canal’s Pacific entrance and ensure control over this strategic maritime passage.
  • A. Pacific approach to the Panama Canal chosen
    The Pacific approach to the Panama Canal is the navigational waterway and surrounding maritime area on the Pacific Ocean side that guides ships to and from the canal’s locks near Panama City.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Panama Canal railway system
    The Panama Canal railway system is a historic transcontinental rail line in Panama that parallels the Panama Canal, providing vital freight and passenger transport between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  • D. Nicaragua Canal Basin
    The Nicaragua Canal Basin is a proposed interoceanic waterway region in Nicaragua envisioned to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via major inland water bodies and surrounding drainage areas.
  • E. All-American Canal
    The All-American Canal is a major irrigation canal in southeastern California that diverts water from the Colorado River to supply farms and communities in the Imperial Valley.
  • 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_69ca8358e4008190898471a59b96c301 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5d26d280819085e15d4917c2b9a5 completed March 31, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf2923abc48190a5b6027c2e4f1db7 completed April 3, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf2bd42e6081908e016303eeb2241f completed April 3, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf2ce47b748190b883063dc3e5d16b completed April 3, 2026, 2:58 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:37 p.m.