Triple

T142834
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erie Canal E2888 entity
Predicate passesThrough P225 FINISHED
Object Utica, New York
Utica, New York is a small city in central New York State known historically as an industrial and transportation hub and today for its cultural diversity and role in the Mohawk Valley region.
 E58964 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: Utica, New York | Statement: [Erie Canal, passesThrough, Utica, New York]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Utica, New York
Context triple: [Erie Canal, passesThrough, Utica, New York]
  • A. Schenectady, New York
    Schenectady, New York is a historic city in eastern New York State known for its role in early American industry and as a former hub of General Electric and the American locomotive industry.
  • B. Poughkeepsie, New York
    Poughkeepsie, New York is a historic city in the Hudson Valley that serves as the county seat of Dutchess County and a regional center for education, culture, and transportation.
  • C. Rochester
    Rochester is a major city in western New York State known historically for its role in industry, photography, and social reform movements.
  • D. Syracuse
    Syracuse is a mid-sized city in central New York State known for Syracuse University, its role as a regional economic and cultural hub, and its snowy winters.
  • E. Endicott, New York
    Endicott, New York is a village in Broome County historically known as the birthplace of IBM and a key early center of the American electronics and technology industry.
  • 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: Utica, New York
Triple: [Erie Canal, passesThrough, Utica, New York]
Generated description
Utica, New York is a small city in central New York State known historically as an industrial and transportation hub and today for its cultural diversity and role in the Mohawk Valley region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Utica, New York
Target entity description: Utica, New York is a small city in central New York State known historically as an industrial and transportation hub and today for its cultural diversity and role in the Mohawk Valley region.
  • A. Schenectady, New York
    Schenectady, New York is a historic city in eastern New York State known for its role in early American industry and as a former hub of General Electric and the American locomotive industry.
  • B. Poughkeepsie, New York
    Poughkeepsie, New York is a historic city in the Hudson Valley that serves as the county seat of Dutchess County and a regional center for education, culture, and transportation.
  • C. Rochester
    Rochester is a major city in western New York State known historically for its role in industry, photography, and social reform movements.
  • D. Syracuse
    Syracuse is a mid-sized city in central New York State known for Syracuse University, its role as a regional economic and cultural hub, and its snowy winters.
  • E. Endicott, New York
    Endicott, New York is a village in Broome County historically known as the birthplace of IBM and a key early center of the American electronics and technology industry.
  • 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257c9cab8819095e8d9fa32c1fbc6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a462f0d0f081909615f95458d6d267 completed March 1, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4641055a08190a9bd874c5bb6379e completed March 1, 2026, 4:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a464720a20819096cb631fcb539620 completed March 1, 2026, 4:08 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.