Triple

T1840477
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Panama Canal Zone E41165 entity
Predicate administeredBy P86 FINISHED
Object Isthmian Canal Commission
The Isthmian Canal Commission was a U.S. government body established in the early 20th century to oversee the construction and governance of the Panama Canal and its surrounding zone.
E211465 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: Isthmian Canal Commission | Statement: [Panama Canal Zone, administeredBy, Isthmian Canal Commission]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isthmian Canal Commission
Context triple: [Panama Canal Zone, administeredBy, Isthmian Canal Commission]
  • A. Panama Canal Authority
    The Panama Canal Authority is the Panamanian government agency responsible for operating, managing, and maintaining the Panama Canal and its related services.
  • B. Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that dramatically shortens maritime travel by allowing ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
  • C. Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
    The Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company was the private corporation that developed and operated the original Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
  • D. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
    The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is a U.S. federal agency responsible for operating and maintaining the American portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a key commercial shipping route connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • E. Panama Canal railway system
    The Panama Canal railway system is a historic transcontinental rail line in Panama that parallels the Panama Canal, providing vital freight and passenger transport between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  • 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: Isthmian Canal Commission
Triple: [Panama Canal Zone, administeredBy, Isthmian Canal Commission]
Generated description
The Isthmian Canal Commission was a U.S. government body established in the early 20th century to oversee the construction and governance of the Panama Canal and its surrounding zone.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isthmian Canal Commission
Target entity description: The Isthmian Canal Commission was a U.S. government body established in the early 20th century to oversee the construction and governance of the Panama Canal and its surrounding zone.
  • A. Panama Canal Authority
    The Panama Canal Authority is the Panamanian government agency responsible for operating, managing, and maintaining the Panama Canal and its related services.
  • B. Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that dramatically shortens maritime travel by allowing ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
  • C. Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
    The Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company was the private corporation that developed and operated the original Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
  • D. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
    The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is a U.S. federal agency responsible for operating and maintaining the American portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a key commercial shipping route connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • E. Panama Canal railway system
    The Panama Canal railway system is a historic transcontinental rail line in Panama that parallels the Panama Canal, providing vital freight and passenger transport between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  • 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_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb03c5e8081909578eaba8d82c264 completed March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adead8e9148190b7cba0f325dc58c4 completed March 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeb6e8fe08190a4732d42aa15ee8e completed March 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adebea03a08190bd055e3e6460b5f4 completed March 8, 2026, 9:36 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.