Triple
T1680409
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Transport Act 1947 |
E36324
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British Waterways
British Waterways was the public corporation responsible for managing and maintaining most of the inland waterways and canals in Great Britain until its functions were transferred to successor bodies in the 21st century.
|
E17015
|
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: British Waterways | Statement: [Transport Act 1947, relatedTo, British Waterways]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Waterways Context triple: [Transport Act 1947, relatedTo, British Waterways]
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A.
Canal & River Trust
Canal & River Trust is a charitable organization responsible for caring for and maintaining much of England and Wales’s historic canal and river network.
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B.
Aire and Calder Navigation
The Aire and Calder Navigation is a major canalised river and waterway in West Yorkshire, England, historically important for transporting coal and goods between the industrial towns of the Pennines and the Humber estuary.
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C.
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Calder and Hebble Navigation is a historic canal in West Yorkshire, England, forming part of the region’s inland waterway network and linking various industrial towns along the River Calder.
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D.
Thames Water
Thames Water is the United Kingdom’s largest water and wastewater services company, supplying and treating water for millions of customers across London and the Thames Valley.
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E.
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.
- 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: British Waterways Triple: [Transport Act 1947, relatedTo, British Waterways]
Generated description
British Waterways was the public corporation responsible for managing and maintaining most of the inland waterways and canals in Great Britain until its functions were transferred to successor bodies in the 21st century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Waterways Target entity description: British Waterways was the public corporation responsible for managing and maintaining most of the inland waterways and canals in Great Britain until its functions were transferred to successor bodies in the 21st century.
-
A.
Canal & River Trust
chosen
Canal & River Trust is a charitable organization responsible for caring for and maintaining much of England and Wales’s historic canal and river network.
-
B.
Aire and Calder Navigation
The Aire and Calder Navigation is a major canalised river and waterway in West Yorkshire, England, historically important for transporting coal and goods between the industrial towns of the Pennines and the Humber estuary.
-
C.
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Calder and Hebble Navigation is a historic canal in West Yorkshire, England, forming part of the region’s inland waterway network and linking various industrial towns along the River Calder.
-
D.
Thames Water
Thames Water is the United Kingdom’s largest water and wastewater services company, supplying and treating water for millions of customers across London and the Thames Valley.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above.
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_69a886139ed081909af0940aa9313512 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa626208088190be60eae294cea294 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad71bce0d48190ba3762fabd0bcdd6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad724651e08190a77519ad21c64b23 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad72c405b081909bff8bf621e9baec |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.