Triple
T2033228
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Welland Canal |
E44563
|
entity |
| Predicate | locatedNear |
P294
|
FINISHED |
| Object | city of St. Catharines, Ontario |
E35715
|
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: city of St. Catharines, Ontario | Statement: [Welland Canal, locatedNear, city of St. Catharines, Ontario]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: city of St. Catharines, Ontario Context triple: [Welland Canal, locatedNear, city of St. Catharines, Ontario]
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A.
St. Catharines
chosen
St. Catharines is a city in southern Ontario, Canada, known for its location near Niagara Falls and its role as a regional commercial and manufacturing center.
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B.
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a historic Canadian city on the northeastern shore of Lake Ontario, known for its 19th-century limestone architecture, military and political heritage, and as home to Queen’s University.
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C.
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada is a large suburban city west of Toronto known for its diverse population, major corporate headquarters, and proximity to Toronto Pearson International Airport.
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D.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is a port city at the western end of Lake Ontario known for its industrial heritage, growing arts scene, and role as the inaugural host of the Commonwealth Games.
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E.
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario is a Canadian city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo best known as a major tech and innovation hub and home to the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University.
- 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_69a889144f2481909932f0746a93023d |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb93255248190bd47a54a7b3c7447 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae304cc62c81909d152ee6ae543d7e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.