Triple

T145353
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rochdale Canal E2941 entity
Predicate designedBy P184 FINISHED
Object John Rennie the Elder
John Rennie the Elder was a prominent Scottish civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his innovative work on canals, bridges, and docks across Britain.
E17014 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: John Rennie the Elder | Statement: [Rochdale Canal, designedBy, John Rennie the Elder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Rennie the Elder
Context triple: [Rochdale Canal, designedBy, John Rennie the Elder]
  • A. George Stephenson
    George Stephenson was a pioneering English engineer known as the "Father of Railways" for his crucial role in developing early steam locomotives and railway systems during the Industrial Revolution.
  • B. Robert Adam
    Robert Adam was an influential 18th-century Scottish architect and designer whose elegant, highly decorative style helped define and popularize Neoclassical architecture in Britain and beyond.
  • C. Nicholas Hawksmoor
    Nicholas Hawksmoor was an influential English Baroque architect known for his collaboration with Christopher Wren and for designing several iconic London churches and public buildings.
  • D. John A. Roebling
    John A. Roebling was a 19th-century German-American civil engineer and pioneer of wire rope suspension bridges, best known for conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • E. Charles Barry
    Charles Barry was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for designing the Houses of Parliament in London and contributing significantly to the Gothic Revival style.
  • 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: John Rennie the Elder
Triple: [Rochdale Canal, designedBy, John Rennie the Elder]
Generated description
John Rennie the Elder was a prominent Scottish civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his innovative work on canals, bridges, and docks across Britain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Rennie the Elder
Target entity description: John Rennie the Elder was a prominent Scottish civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his innovative work on canals, bridges, and docks across Britain.
  • A. George Stephenson
    George Stephenson was a pioneering English engineer known as the "Father of Railways" for his crucial role in developing early steam locomotives and railway systems during the Industrial Revolution.
  • B. Robert Adam
    Robert Adam was an influential 18th-century Scottish architect and designer whose elegant, highly decorative style helped define and popularize Neoclassical architecture in Britain and beyond.
  • C. Nicholas Hawksmoor
    Nicholas Hawksmoor was an influential English Baroque architect known for his collaboration with Christopher Wren and for designing several iconic London churches and public buildings.
  • D. John A. Roebling
    John A. Roebling was a 19th-century German-American civil engineer and pioneer of wire rope suspension bridges, best known for conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • E. Charles Barry
    Charles Barry was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for designing the Houses of Parliament in London and contributing significantly to the Gothic Revival style.
  • 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_69a257ea7eac8190884a53453a9e0dd6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2bf69fd2081908df35ea5ade4307c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2bfb9ad848190ae1412d0e180f48f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2c09721a88190a6268360c34a0b01 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.