Triple

T2137070
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject River Stour (Kent) E46677 entity
Predicate tributary P415 FINISHED
Object River Wantsum (former channel)
The River Wantsum is a former tidal channel in Kent, England, that once separated the Isle of Thanet from the mainland and served as an important medieval shipping route before silting up.
E237192 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: River Wantsum (former channel) | Statement: [River Stour (Kent), tributary, River Wantsum (former channel)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: River Wantsum (former channel)
Context triple: [River Stour (Kent), tributary, River Wantsum (former channel)]
  • A. Ashton Canal
    The Ashton Canal is a historic narrow canal in Greater Manchester, England, that links central Manchester to the Peak Forest Canal and forms part of the region’s Pennine waterway network.
  • B. Coventry Canal
    The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Basingstoke Canal
    The Basingstoke Canal is a restored historic waterway in southern England, popular for boating, walking, and wildlife along its rural and suburban towpaths.
  • 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. 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: River Wantsum (former channel)
Triple: [River Stour (Kent), tributary, River Wantsum (former channel)]
Generated description
The River Wantsum is a former tidal channel in Kent, England, that once separated the Isle of Thanet from the mainland and served as an important medieval shipping route before silting up.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: River Wantsum (former channel)
Target entity description: The River Wantsum is a former tidal channel in Kent, England, that once separated the Isle of Thanet from the mainland and served as an important medieval shipping route before silting up.
  • A. Ashton Canal
    The Ashton Canal is a historic narrow canal in Greater Manchester, England, that links central Manchester to the Peak Forest Canal and forms part of the region’s Pennine waterway network.
  • B. Coventry Canal
    The Coventry Canal is an 18th-century English narrow canal, engineered by James Brindley, that links Coventry with the wider Midlands canal network and played a key role in the region’s industrial transport.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Basingstoke Canal
    The Basingstoke Canal is a restored historic waterway in southern England, popular for boating, walking, and wildlife along its rural and suburban towpaths.
  • 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. 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_69a88a174ab48190a5db20c132e5dccf completed March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbdff9254819094d27405478e29a0 completed March 7, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae51af1e708190b63418da77776084 completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5322097c81909d77d54ae258ab1a completed March 9, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5365cd808190aa8363b612ef0ec5 completed March 9, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.