Triple

T951953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Volkerak E20540 entity
Predicate isPartOfShippingRoute P6309 FINISHED
Object Rhine–Scheldt connection
The Rhine–Scheldt connection is a major Dutch inland waterway system linking the Rhine and Scheldt river basins to facilitate international shipping between the North Sea ports and the European hinterland.
E142725 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: Rhine–Scheldt connection | Statement: [Volkerak, isPartOfShippingRoute, Rhine–Scheldt connection]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhine–Scheldt connection
Context triple: [Volkerak, isPartOfShippingRoute, Rhine–Scheldt connection]
  • A. North Sea Canal
    The North Sea Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links Amsterdam to the North Sea, enabling seagoing vessels to access the city’s port.
  • B. Van Starkenborghkanaal
    The Van Starkenborghkanaal is a key Dutch shipping canal in the province of Groningen that forms part of an important east–west inland waterway connection in the northern Netherlands.
  • C. Rhine–Herne Canal
    The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
  • D. Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
    The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
  • E. Wilhelmina Canal
    The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
  • 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: Rhine–Scheldt connection
Triple: [Volkerak, isPartOfShippingRoute, Rhine–Scheldt connection]
Generated description
The Rhine–Scheldt connection is a major Dutch inland waterway system linking the Rhine and Scheldt river basins to facilitate international shipping between the North Sea ports and the European hinterland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhine–Scheldt connection
Target entity description: The Rhine–Scheldt connection is a major Dutch inland waterway system linking the Rhine and Scheldt river basins to facilitate international shipping between the North Sea ports and the European hinterland.
  • A. North Sea Canal
    The North Sea Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links Amsterdam to the North Sea, enabling seagoing vessels to access the city’s port.
  • B. Van Starkenborghkanaal
    The Van Starkenborghkanaal is a key Dutch shipping canal in the province of Groningen that forms part of an important east–west inland waterway connection in the northern Netherlands.
  • C. Rhine–Herne Canal
    The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
  • D. Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
    The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
  • E. Wilhelmina Canal
    The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
  • 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_69a493b0f2fc81908cd227480a5356a1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b74fc204819083dbed5c19c4bc15 completed March 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8f64ead48190be6f40e62b17bc12 completed March 7, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac903eb12c8190a4024a71f15b19a4 completed March 7, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac916522b081908401b89261f99d50 completed March 7, 2026, 8:58 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.