Triple

T16887
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject North America E335 entity
Predicate hasNotableFeature P642 FINISHED
Object Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
E9202 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: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system | Statement: [North America, hasNotableFeature, Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
Context triple: [North America, hasNotableFeature, Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system]
  • A. Great Lakes
    The Great Lakes are a chain of five vast freshwater lakes in North America that form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and are a critical hub for transportation, industry, and ecology.
  • B. Lake Ontario
    Lake Ontario is one of North America's five Great Lakes, forming part of the border between the United States and Canada and serving as a key link in the Saint Lawrence River system.
  • C. Hudson River
    The Hudson River is a major waterway in eastern New York State that flows south past cities like Albany and New York City before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at New York Harbor.
  • D. Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
  • E. Lake Erie
    Lake Erie is one of North America's five Great Lakes, known for its relatively shallow depth, rich fisheries, and major role in regional shipping and recreation.
  • 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: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
Triple: [North America, hasNotableFeature, Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system]
Generated description
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
Target entity description: The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • A. Great Lakes
    The Great Lakes are a chain of five vast freshwater lakes in North America that form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and are a critical hub for transportation, industry, and ecology.
  • B. Lake Ontario
    Lake Ontario is one of North America's five Great Lakes, forming part of the border between the United States and Canada and serving as a key link in the Saint Lawrence River system.
  • C. Hudson River
    The Hudson River is a major waterway in eastern New York State that flows south past cities like Albany and New York City before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at New York Harbor.
  • D. Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
  • E. Lake Erie
    Lake Erie is one of North America's five Great Lakes, known for its relatively shallow depth, rich fisheries, and major role in regional shipping and recreation.
  • 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_69a2465c52d8819082bb02b8b539d6ab completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a266e1e9408190989c703bfc694682 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a267c8dd688190bef495cc98c4966f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a268227ecc8190bb4b4149a7e15923 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:59 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:02 a.m.