Triple
T12466126
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Telford |
E297928
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal |
E164367
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal | Statement: [Thomas Telford, employer, Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal Context triple: [Thomas Telford, employer, Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal]
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A.
Caledonian Canal
chosen
The Caledonian Canal is a historic waterway in the Scottish Highlands that links the east and west coasts by connecting a series of natural lochs through the Great Glen.
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B.
Scottish Canals
Scottish Canals is the public body responsible for managing and maintaining Scotland’s inland waterways, including historic canals and associated infrastructure.
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C.
Crinan Canal
The Crinan Canal is a historic waterway in western Scotland that provides a shortcut for boats between the Firth of Clyde and the Sound of Jura, avoiding the long route around the Kintyre peninsula.
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D.
Lawrence Canal system
The Lawrence Canal system is a historic network of industrial power canals in Lawrence, Massachusetts, built in the 19th century to harness the Merrimack River for textile mills and manufacturing.
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E.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company was the 19th-century Scottish company responsible for promoting, financing, and operating the Union Canal linking Edinburgh with the Forth and Clyde Canal near Glasgow.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ada270808190b1a2b2e7b02bb426 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94db7828481909d8f02b2fde83567 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f63f1f44f481909c7efdffd2aeac41 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 6:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.