Triple
T20501
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lake Michigan |
E406
|
entity |
| Predicate | drainageVia |
P967
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
St. Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River is a major North American waterway that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, serving as a crucial route for international shipping and trade.
|
E9202
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: St. Lawrence River | Statement: [Lake Michigan, drainageVia, St. Lawrence River]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Lawrence River Context triple: [Lake Michigan, drainageVia, St. Lawrence River]
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A.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Hudson River
The Hudson River is a major waterway in eastern New York State that flows south past cities like Albany and New York City before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at New York Harbor.
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C.
Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait is a large Arctic waterway in northeastern Canada that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay and serves as an important historical and modern shipping route.
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D.
East River
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City that separates Manhattan from Brooklyn and Queens and serves as a major waterway spanned by several iconic bridges.
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E.
Mohawk River
The Mohawk River is a major waterway in upstate New York that flows eastward through the Mohawk Valley and serves as a key route connecting the Great Lakes region to the Hudson River.
- 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: St. Lawrence River Triple: [Lake Michigan, drainageVia, St. Lawrence River]
Generated description
The St. Lawrence River is a major North American waterway that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, serving as a crucial route for international shipping and trade.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Lawrence River Target entity description: The St. Lawrence River is a major North American waterway that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, serving as a crucial route for international shipping and trade.
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A.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
chosen
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
-
B.
Hudson River
The Hudson River is a major waterway in eastern New York State that flows south past cities like Albany and New York City before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at New York Harbor.
-
C.
Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait is a large Arctic waterway in northeastern Canada that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay and serves as an important historical and modern shipping route.
-
D.
East River
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City that separates Manhattan from Brooklyn and Queens and serves as a major waterway spanned by several iconic bridges.
-
E.
Mohawk River
The Mohawk River is a major waterway in upstate New York that flows eastward through the Mohawk Valley and serves as a key route connecting the Great Lakes region to the Hudson River.
- F. None of above.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: drainageVia Context triple: [Lake Michigan, drainageVia, St. Lawrence River]
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A.
tributary
Indicates that one watercourse flows into and feeds another, contributing its water to a larger stream, river, or lake.
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B.
outflow
chosen
Indicates the movement or discharge of something from an origin or source to the outside or to another location.
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C.
riverSystem
Indicates that one entity is a river system to which the other entity belongs or is a component (such as a tributary or segment).
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D.
hasRiver
Indicates that a location or area contains, is traversed by, or is directly associated with a river.
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E.
majorPortAtMouth
Indicates that a major port is located at the mouth of a river where it meets a larger body of water.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a240778d288190815c0052ebbbcc91 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a246f7bd30819085f751c41f6f029e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a275dd42388190b9088b2f1b16e5e4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a276cd25a081908b0660892187313a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a27717cff881908163406cea8d0052 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:03 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a246526f5881909bc2a46e978bd082 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 a.m.