Triple
T12520447
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia |
E299299
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alexandria Canal
The Alexandria Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Virginia that linked the city of Alexandria to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, serving as an important commercial and strategic route before and during the Civil War.
|
E986131
|
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: Alexandria Canal | Statement: [Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, associatedWith, Alexandria Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexandria Canal Context triple: [Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, associatedWith, Alexandria Canal]
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A.
St. Peters Canal
St. Peters Canal is a historic man-made waterway in Nova Scotia, Canada, that allows vessels to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and the inland Bras d'Or Lake.
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B.
Menua Canal
The Menua Canal is an ancient irrigation and water-supply channel built in the 9th century BCE under the Urartian king Menua near modern-day Van in eastern Turkey.
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C.
Tamiami Canal
Tamiami Canal is a major man-made waterway in South Florida that runs parallel to the Tamiami Trail, helping drain the Everglades and manage water flow around the Miami metropolitan area.
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D.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.
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E.
Ohau Canal
Ohau Canal is a man-made waterway in New Zealand’s South Island that links hydroelectric lakes in the Mackenzie Basin and is popular for salmon and trout fishing.
- 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: Alexandria Canal Triple: [Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, associatedWith, Alexandria Canal]
Generated description
The Alexandria Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Virginia that linked the city of Alexandria to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, serving as an important commercial and strategic route before and during the Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexandria Canal Target entity description: The Alexandria Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Virginia that linked the city of Alexandria to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, serving as an important commercial and strategic route before and during the Civil War.
-
A.
St. Peters Canal
St. Peters Canal is a historic man-made waterway in Nova Scotia, Canada, that allows vessels to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and the inland Bras d'Or Lake.
-
B.
Menua Canal
The Menua Canal is an ancient irrigation and water-supply channel built in the 9th century BCE under the Urartian king Menua near modern-day Van in eastern Turkey.
-
C.
Tamiami Canal
Tamiami Canal is a major man-made waterway in South Florida that runs parallel to the Tamiami Trail, helping drain the Everglades and manage water flow around the Miami metropolitan area.
-
D.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.
-
E.
Ohau Canal
Ohau Canal is a man-made waterway in New Zealand’s South Island that links hydroelectric lakes in the Mackenzie Basin and is popular for salmon and trout fishing.
- 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_69d6ada5cdd48190860d9ce30aff69be |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9545b2b2481909049a490c97678f2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f64bbf43e08190ae79f92ed5882ce2 |
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_69f64d653b988190b11d061f55ef7192 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:15 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.