Triple
T1910368
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | River Colne |
E38093
|
entity |
| Predicate | paralleledBy |
P278
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Grand Union Canal |
E82412
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Grand Union Canal | Statement: [River Colne, paralleledBy, Grand Union Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grand Union Canal Context triple: [River Colne, paralleledBy, Grand Union Canal]
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A.
Grand Union Canal
chosen
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.
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B.
Thames and Severn Canal
The Thames and Severn Canal is a historic English waterway that once linked the River Thames to the River Severn across the Cotswolds, playing a key role in regional trade during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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C.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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D.
Severn Canal
The Severn Canal is a historic Canadian waterway segment that forms part of the Trent–Severn Waterway, linking inland lakes and rivers for navigation across central Ontario.
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E.
Lancaster Canal
Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a8862a26088190aae5243695aeefc0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb1b7095c8190ad7e472aada30d3d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6522bb448190ae50a476da53fcda |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.