Triple
T21156239
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Port of Buffalo |
E521318
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectsTo |
P845
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Welland Canal |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Welland Canal | Statement: [Port of Buffalo, connectsTo, Welland Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Welland Canal Context triple: [Port of Buffalo, connectsTo, Welland Canal]
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A.
Welland Canal
chosen
The Welland Canal is a key Canadian shipping canal that allows vessels to bypass Niagara Falls by connecting Lake Erie with Lake Ontario as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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B.
Gage Canal
Gage Canal is a historic irrigation canal in Riverside, California, that played a crucial role in developing the region’s citrus industry and agricultural growth.
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C.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
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D.
Lachine Canal
The Lachine Canal is a historic industrial waterway in Montreal, Canada, that once bypassed the Lachine Rapids to facilitate shipping and now serves as a popular recreational corridor.
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E.
Crosscut Canal
The Crosscut Canal is a historic waterway in the Phoenix, Arizona area that diverts and distributes irrigation water from the region’s main canal system to local agricultural and urban users.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b50d1ea481909c07e63c3ead9316 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7252b40ac81908ab7e30c662a6c94 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:58 p.m.