Triple
T13880
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Britain |
E278
|
entity |
| Predicate | location |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
English Channel
The English Channel is the narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France and has long been a crucial route and strategic barrier in European history.
|
E2585
|
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: English Channel | Statement: [Battle of Britain, location, English Channel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English Channel Context triple: [Battle of Britain, location, English Channel]
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A.
Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth is a major estuary on Scotland’s east coast where the River Forth meets the North Sea, noted for its iconic rail and road bridges and its historical role in trade and defense.
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B.
Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a major 19th-century inland waterway in northwest England that enabled ocean-going ships to reach the industrial city of Manchester from the Irish Sea.
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C.
East River
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City that separates Manhattan from Brooklyn and Queens and serves as a major waterway spanned by several iconic bridges.
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D.
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a large inland sea bordered by Europe, Africa, and Asia, historically vital for trade, culture, and military strategy.
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E.
Rhône River
The Rhône River is a major European waterway that flows from the Swiss Alps through Lake Geneva into southeastern France, ultimately emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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: English Channel Triple: [Battle of Britain, location, English Channel]
Generated description
The English Channel is the narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France and has long been a crucial route and strategic barrier in European history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English Channel Target entity description: The English Channel is the narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France and has long been a crucial route and strategic barrier in European history.
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A.
Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth is a major estuary on Scotland’s east coast where the River Forth meets the North Sea, noted for its iconic rail and road bridges and its historical role in trade and defense.
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B.
Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a major 19th-century inland waterway in northwest England that enabled ocean-going ships to reach the industrial city of Manchester from the Irish Sea.
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C.
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
The Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta is a vast low-lying river delta in the Netherlands and Belgium where the Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt rivers empty into the North Sea, forming one of Europe’s most important and heavily engineered estuarine systems.
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D.
East River
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City that separates Manhattan from Brooklyn and Queens and serves as a major waterway spanned by several iconic bridges.
-
E.
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a large inland sea bordered by Europe, Africa, and Asia, historically vital for trade, culture, and military strategy.
- 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_69a23d7ad88c8190bffe8ab091d86642 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:57 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a240014418819090625e2fb774a2e6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a24e54be7481909db32fd9b1e90cca |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a250b2bf24819096fec87d1eb25454 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2514627f081909a032877d07b30bf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:02 a.m.