Triple

T11990356
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whitefish Bay E285387 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route
The St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route is a major Great Lakes navigation corridor connecting Lake Superior to the lower lakes, heavily used by commercial freighters and regulated for safe passage through locks and narrow channels.
E957351 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: St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route | Statement: [Whitefish Bay, partOf, St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route
Context triple: [Whitefish Bay, partOf, St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route]
  • A. Mackinaw River
    The Mackinaw River is a central Illinois waterway known for its relatively undisturbed natural habitats, recreational opportunities, and contribution to the Illinois River watershed.
  • B. St. Clair River
    The St. Clair River is a major waterway forming part of the border between the United States and Canada, flowing south from Lake Huron toward Lake St. Clair as a key segment of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway.
  • C. Keweenaw Waterway
    The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
  • D. Saint Clair–Detroit River System
    The Saint Clair–Detroit River System is a crucial binational waterway linking Lake Huron to Lake Erie, supporting major commercial shipping, ecological habitats, and regional water supplies between the United States and Canada.
  • E. Duluth Ship Canal
    The Duluth Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Duluth, Minnesota, that provides access between Lake Superior and the Duluth–Superior Harbor for large commercial and recreational vessels.
  • 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: St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route
Triple: [Whitefish Bay, partOf, St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route]
Generated description
The St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route is a major Great Lakes navigation corridor connecting Lake Superior to the lower lakes, heavily used by commercial freighters and regulated for safe passage through locks and narrow channels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route
Target entity description: The St. Marys River–Lake Superior shipping route is a major Great Lakes navigation corridor connecting Lake Superior to the lower lakes, heavily used by commercial freighters and regulated for safe passage through locks and narrow channels.
  • A. Mackinaw River
    The Mackinaw River is a central Illinois waterway known for its relatively undisturbed natural habitats, recreational opportunities, and contribution to the Illinois River watershed.
  • B. St. Clair River
    The St. Clair River is a major waterway forming part of the border between the United States and Canada, flowing south from Lake Huron toward Lake St. Clair as a key segment of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway.
  • C. Keweenaw Waterway
    The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
  • D. Saint Clair–Detroit River System
    The Saint Clair–Detroit River System is a crucial binational waterway linking Lake Huron to Lake Erie, supporting major commercial shipping, ecological habitats, and regional water supplies between the United States and Canada.
  • E. Duluth Ship Canal
    The Duluth Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Duluth, Minnesota, that provides access between Lake Superior and the Duluth–Superior Harbor for large commercial and recreational vessels.
  • 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_69d6ab44a77c8190a652f4b27164e4ef completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903afe4388190a2cf2328e85adf9b completed April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f47257911481909d6bd72535eefdbd completed May 1, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f47cb7f9b4819091e6df4b894359bb completed May 1, 2026, 10:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f47e6b8234819087fa1c53406b5f62 completed May 1, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.