Triple

T12488401
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject White Sea–Baltic Canal E298495 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object White Sea–Baltic Waterway
The White Sea–Baltic Waterway is a Russian inland water transport system linking the White Sea with the Baltic Sea through a network of canals, rivers, and lakes.
E298495 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: White Sea–Baltic Waterway | Statement: [White Sea–Baltic Canal, partOf, White Sea–Baltic Waterway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: White Sea–Baltic Waterway
Context triple: [White Sea–Baltic Canal, partOf, White Sea–Baltic Waterway]
  • A. Volga–Baltic Waterway
    The Volga–Baltic Waterway is a major Russian shipping route that links the Volga River basin with the Baltic Sea through a system of rivers, lakes, and canals.
  • B. White Sea–Baltic Canal
    The White Sea–Baltic Canal is a Soviet-era ship canal in northwestern Russia, notorious for its construction by forced labor under harsh conditions and for linking the White Sea to the Baltic Sea.
  • C. Ladoga Canal
    The Ladoga Canal is a historic Russian waterway built to bypass the dangerous waters of Lake Ladoga and facilitate safer navigation between the Neva River and inland regions.
  • D. Saimaa Canal
    The Saimaa Canal is a historically significant waterway in southeastern Finland that connects Lake Saimaa to the Gulf of Finland, facilitating both commercial shipping and recreational boating.
  • E. Northern Dvina Canal system
    The Northern Dvina Canal system is a historic Russian waterway network that links the Volga River basin with the Northern Dvina basin, facilitating navigation between central Russia and the White Sea region.
  • 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: White Sea–Baltic Waterway
Triple: [White Sea–Baltic Canal, partOf, White Sea–Baltic Waterway]
Generated description
The White Sea–Baltic Waterway is a Russian inland water transport system linking the White Sea with the Baltic Sea through a network of canals, rivers, and lakes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: White Sea–Baltic Waterway
Target entity description: The White Sea–Baltic Waterway is a Russian inland water transport system linking the White Sea with the Baltic Sea through a network of canals, rivers, and lakes.
  • A. Volga–Baltic Waterway
    The Volga–Baltic Waterway is a major Russian shipping route that links the Volga River basin with the Baltic Sea through a system of rivers, lakes, and canals.
  • B. White Sea–Baltic Canal chosen
    The White Sea–Baltic Canal is a Soviet-era ship canal in northwestern Russia, notorious for its construction by forced labor under harsh conditions and for linking the White Sea to the Baltic Sea.
  • C. Ladoga Canal
    The Ladoga Canal is a historic Russian waterway built to bypass the dangerous waters of Lake Ladoga and facilitate safer navigation between the Neva River and inland regions.
  • D. Saimaa Canal
    The Saimaa Canal is a historically significant waterway in southeastern Finland that connects Lake Saimaa to the Gulf of Finland, facilitating both commercial shipping and recreational boating.
  • E. Northern Dvina Canal system
    The Northern Dvina Canal system is a historic Russian waterway network that links the Volga River basin with the Northern Dvina basin, facilitating navigation between central Russia and the White Sea region.
  • 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_69d6ada377208190a36011199a4d8558 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94de1db9481909ddf70eb81cdb714 completed April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f64ba7d8bc8190acc1f0d537a5bbbb completed May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64c7c5d04819094fcbee0a4b5cbb4 completed May 2, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64d668e548190979b3da72fe21ae7 completed May 2, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.