Triple
T13468118
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
E311556
|
entity |
| Predicate | waterway |
P1778
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a man-made channel in Wisconsin that connects Sturgeon Bay on Green Bay to Lake Michigan, providing a navigable shortcut for commercial and recreational vessels.
|
E1042686
|
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: Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal | Statement: [Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, waterway, Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Context triple: [Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, waterway, Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal]
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
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D.
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is a major industrial waterway in northwest Indiana that serves as a key shipping and steel-production hub on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
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E.
Portage Canal
Portage Canal is a man-made waterway in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula that provides a navigable connection between Portage Lake and Lake Superior, historically important for regional shipping and mining.
- 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: Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Triple: [Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, waterway, Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal]
Generated description
The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a man-made channel in Wisconsin that connects Sturgeon Bay on Green Bay to Lake Michigan, providing a navigable shortcut for commercial and recreational vessels.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Target entity description: The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a man-made channel in Wisconsin that connects Sturgeon Bay on Green Bay to Lake Michigan, providing a navigable shortcut for commercial and recreational vessels.
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
-
C.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
-
D.
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is a major industrial waterway in northwest Indiana that serves as a key shipping and steel-production hub on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
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E.
Portage Canal
Portage Canal is a man-made waterway in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula that provides a navigable connection between Portage Lake and Lake Superior, historically important for regional shipping and mining.
- 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_69d806a938b8819097ec43a2229fc7f9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbaf21e46081908a00c9acf54f270f |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f74629f1408190b54194fe794be39a |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7493168a481908f99283914b39db5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7499aa5ac8190a93afda115694795 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:11 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:42 p.m.