Triple
T1396289
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Burslem |
E30671
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRiver |
P165
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Trent and Mersey Canal |
E34788
|
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: Trent and Mersey Canal | Statement: [Burslem, hasRiver, Trent and Mersey Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trent and Mersey Canal Context triple: [Burslem, hasRiver, Trent and Mersey Canal]
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A.
Trent and Mersey Canal
chosen
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
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B.
Lancaster Canal
Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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D.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
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E.
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
- 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_69a498fd4e408190bd73eca30ea9754c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c37fd6e0819084d610ef041db3af |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad232309c88190a4ba4f6de7b44035 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.