Triple
T217658
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Salford |
E4141
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCanal |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Manchester Ship Canal |
E912
|
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: Manchester Ship Canal | Statement: [Salford, hasCanal, Manchester Ship Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manchester Ship Canal Context triple: [Salford, hasCanal, Manchester Ship Canal]
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A.
Manchester Ship Canal
chosen
The Manchester Ship Canal is a major 19th-century inland waterway in northwest England that enabled ocean-going ships to reach the industrial city of Manchester from the Irish Sea.
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B.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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C.
North Sea Canal
The North Sea Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links Amsterdam to the North Sea, enabling seagoing vessels to access the city’s port.
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D.
Rochdale Canal
The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
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E.
River Douglas (via Manchester Ship Canal system context)
River Douglas is a river in North West England that flows through Lancashire and Wigan before joining the Ribble estuary, historically important for navigation and local industry.
- 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_69a2573508588190b522c2476d91acfe |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25c5062e48190833be10e4770e1e9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a34766506c8190a4c661410e0d8b33 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.