Triple
T17811620
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marseilles, Illinois |
E444720
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasLandmark |
P105
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Illinois and Michigan Canal Lock 15 |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Illinois and Michigan Canal Lock 15 | Statement: [Marseilles, Illinois, hasLandmark, Illinois and Michigan Canal Lock 15]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois and Michigan Canal Lock 15 Context triple: [Marseilles, Illinois, hasLandmark, Illinois and Michigan Canal Lock 15]
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A.
Ohio and Erie Canal locks
The Ohio and Erie Canal locks are historic canal structures built in the 19th century to raise and lower boats along the Ohio and Erie Canal, a major waterway that once linked Lake Erie with the Ohio River and spurred regional development.
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B.
Erie Canal Lock 17
Erie Canal Lock 17 is a historic and still-operational lock on the Erie Canal notable for its high lift and engineering significance near Little Falls, New York.
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C.
Lock 7 of the Welland Canal
Lock 7 of the Welland Canal is one of the canal’s flight locks near Thorold, Ontario, used to raise and lower ships navigating the elevation change between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
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D.
Erie Canal locks in Lockport
The Erie Canal locks in Lockport are a historic flight of canal locks that dramatically lift boats up the Niagara Escarpment and serve as a landmark engineering feature of the Erie Canal system in western New York.
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E.
Erie Canal Lock E-2
Erie Canal Lock E-2 is a canal lock on the Erie Canal located in Waterford, New York, serving as part of the eastern entrance series of locks that raise boats from the Hudson River into the canal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois and Michigan Canal Lock 15 Target entity description: Illinois and Michigan Canal Lock 15 is a historic lock structure on the Illinois and Michigan Canal near Marseilles, Illinois, that reflects the 19th-century waterway system that helped develop the region’s transportation and commerce.
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A.
Ohio and Erie Canal locks
The Ohio and Erie Canal locks are historic canal structures built in the 19th century to raise and lower boats along the Ohio and Erie Canal, a major waterway that once linked Lake Erie with the Ohio River and spurred regional development.
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B.
Erie Canal Lock 17
Erie Canal Lock 17 is a historic and still-operational lock on the Erie Canal notable for its high lift and engineering significance near Little Falls, New York.
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C.
Lock 7 of the Welland Canal
Lock 7 of the Welland Canal is one of the canal’s flight locks near Thorold, Ontario, used to raise and lower ships navigating the elevation change between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
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D.
Erie Canal locks in Lockport
The Erie Canal locks in Lockport are a historic flight of canal locks that dramatically lift boats up the Niagara Escarpment and serve as a landmark engineering feature of the Erie Canal system in western New York.
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E.
Erie Canal Lock E-2
Erie Canal Lock E-2 is a canal lock on the Erie Canal located in Waterford, New York, serving as part of the eastern entrance series of locks that raise boats from the Hudson River into the canal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9f0de78819099395b14db75a8a6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4887b5e50819098506f0b92d709b5 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:47 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:14 a.m.