Triple

T8961339
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Saint-Quentin E214011 entity
Predicate hasNearbyInfrastructure P231 FINISHED
Object Saint-Quentin Canal
The Saint-Quentin Canal is a historic French waterway in northern France, notable for its long tunnels and its role in connecting the Scheldt and Somme river basins for commercial navigation.
 E769071 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Saint-Quentin Canal | Statement: [Saint-Quentin, hasNearbyInfrastructure, Saint-Quentin Canal]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Saint-Quentin Canal
Context triple: [Saint-Quentin, hasNearbyInfrastructure, Saint-Quentin Canal]
  • A. Mons–Condé Canal
    The Mons–Condé Canal is a navigable waterway in Belgium and France that links the city of Mons to Condé-sur-l’Escaut and formed a key defensive line during World War I.
  • B. Canal de la Deûle
    Canal de la Deûle is a navigable waterway in northern France that forms part of the regional canal network connecting the Deûle River to major industrial and urban centers such as Lille.
  • C. Bois-le-Duc Canal
    The Bois-le-Duc Canal is a Dutch waterway that connects the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) to the River Maas, facilitating regional navigation and transport.
  • D. Canal de la Thielle
    Canal de la Thielle is a Swiss waterway that channels the Thielle River between lakes in the Jura region, playing a key role in regional drainage and navigation.
  • E. Sambre–Oise Canal
    The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Saint-Quentin Canal
Target entity description: The Saint-Quentin Canal is a historic French waterway in northern France, notable for its long tunnels and its role in connecting the Scheldt and Somme river basins for commercial navigation.
  • A. Mons–Condé Canal
    The Mons–Condé Canal is a navigable waterway in Belgium and France that links the city of Mons to Condé-sur-l’Escaut and formed a key defensive line during World War I.
  • B. Canal de la Deûle
    Canal de la Deûle is a navigable waterway in northern France that forms part of the regional canal network connecting the Deûle River to major industrial and urban centers such as Lille.
  • C. Bois-le-Duc Canal
    The Bois-le-Duc Canal is a Dutch waterway that connects the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) to the River Maas, facilitating regional navigation and transport.
  • D. Canal de la Thielle
    Canal de la Thielle is a Swiss waterway that channels the Thielle River between lakes in the Jura region, playing a key role in regional drainage and navigation.
  • E. Sambre–Oise Canal
    The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Saint-Quentin Canal
Triple: [Saint-Quentin, hasNearbyInfrastructure, Saint-Quentin Canal]
Generated description
The Saint-Quentin Canal is a historic French waterway in northern France, notable for its long tunnels and its role in connecting the Scheldt and Somme river basins for commercial navigation.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca839cd6008190a1546a701a56710c elicitation completed
NER batch_69cc6748baa88190ac54e701dc4d6212 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cfc94e088881909506b229d1fff44a ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cfca735c50819088c2805c62d96d62 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cfc9ef5e548190a134c2bf0aa380b5 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7 p.m.