Triple

T19801039
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erie Canal Lock E-7 E475673 entity
Predicate hasDesignation P974 FINISHED
Object Lock E-7
Lock E-7 is a canal lock on New York’s Erie Canal system, used to raise and lower boats as they navigate changes in water level.
 E1395092 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: Lock E-7 | Statement: [Erie Canal Lock E-7, hasDesignation, Lock E-7]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lock E-7
Context triple: [Erie Canal Lock E-7, hasDesignation, Lock E-7]
  • A. Lock E-6
    Lock E-6 is one of the canal locks within the historic Waterford Flight of Locks on New York’s Erie Canal system.
  • B. Lock E-5
    Lock E-5 is one of the individual locks within the historic Waterford Flight of Locks on New York’s Erie Canal system.
  • C. Lock E-3
    Lock E-3 is one of the individual locks within the historic Waterford Flight of Locks on New York’s Erie Canal system.
  • D. Lock E-2
    Lock E-2 is one of the individual locks within New York’s historic Waterford Flight, a series of closely spaced canal locks that help vessels navigate a steep elevation change at the eastern end of the Erie Canal.
  • E. Lock E-4
    Lock E-4 is one of the canal locks within the Waterford Flight of Locks on New York’s Erie Canal system, helping vessels navigate a significant change in elevation.
  • 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: Lock E-7
Triple: [Erie Canal Lock E-7, hasDesignation, Lock E-7]
Generated description
Lock E-7 is a canal lock on New York’s Erie Canal system, used to raise and lower boats as they navigate changes in water level.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lock E-7
Target entity description: Lock E-7 is a canal lock on New York’s Erie Canal system, used to raise and lower boats as they navigate changes in water level.
  • A. Lock E-6
    Lock E-6 is one of the canal locks within the historic Waterford Flight of Locks on New York’s Erie Canal system.
  • B. Lock E-5
    Lock E-5 is one of the individual locks within the historic Waterford Flight of Locks on New York’s Erie Canal system.
  • C. Lock E-3
    Lock E-3 is one of the individual locks within the historic Waterford Flight of Locks on New York’s Erie Canal system.
  • D. Lock E-2
    Lock E-2 is one of the individual locks within New York’s historic Waterford Flight, a series of closely spaced canal locks that help vessels navigate a steep elevation change at the eastern end of the Erie Canal.
  • E. Lock E-4
    Lock E-4 is one of the canal locks within the Waterford Flight of Locks on New York’s Erie Canal system, helping vessels navigate a significant change in elevation.
  • 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_69d8e51bc4208190a1c57d8c5d1b15e4 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e653cc995c81908e4ca85b0639d541 completed April 20, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07c5088834819086f4b8ac1e33401b completed May 16, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07c5f5a2808190bab75011262f86e6 completed May 16, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07c6745828819085ea6103a723380a completed May 16, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:49 p.m.