Triple
T22096929
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company |
E546059
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedNetwork |
P5033
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shrewsbury Canal
The Shrewsbury Canal was a historic English waterway in Shropshire that formed part of the region’s industrial-era canal network, linking local towns and industries before its eventual decline with the rise of rail transport.
|
E1522967
|
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: Shrewsbury Canal | Statement: [Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company, operatedNetwork, Shrewsbury Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shrewsbury Canal Context triple: [Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company, operatedNetwork, Shrewsbury Canal]
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A.
Shropshire Union Canal
The Shropshire Union Canal is a major 19th-century English waterway linking the Midlands to northwest England, known for its long rural stretches, engineering features, and role in the country’s historic canal network.
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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.
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C.
Loughborough Canal
Loughborough Canal is a waterway serving the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, forming part of the region’s historic canal network for transport and leisure boating.
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D.
Walsall Canal
The Walsall Canal is a historic narrow canal in the West Midlands, England, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and serving the industrial town of Walsall.
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E.
Birmingham Canal
The Birmingham Canal is a historic waterway in England that formed the core of Birmingham’s industrial canal network, linking the city to major trade routes 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: Shrewsbury Canal Triple: [Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company, operatedNetwork, Shrewsbury Canal]
Generated description
The Shrewsbury Canal was a historic English waterway in Shropshire that formed part of the region’s industrial-era canal network, linking local towns and industries before its eventual decline with the rise of rail transport.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shrewsbury Canal Target entity description: The Shrewsbury Canal was a historic English waterway in Shropshire that formed part of the region’s industrial-era canal network, linking local towns and industries before its eventual decline with the rise of rail transport.
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A.
Shropshire Union Canal
The Shropshire Union Canal is a major 19th-century English waterway linking the Midlands to northwest England, known for its long rural stretches, engineering features, and role in the country’s historic canal network.
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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.
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C.
Loughborough Canal
Loughborough Canal is a waterway serving the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, forming part of the region’s historic canal network for transport and leisure boating.
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D.
Walsall Canal
The Walsall Canal is a historic narrow canal in the West Midlands, England, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and serving the industrial town of Walsall.
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E.
Birmingham Canal
The Birmingham Canal is a historic waterway in England that formed the core of Birmingham’s industrial canal network, linking the city to major trade routes 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_69e11e36d03c8190a83a1ba802b7231b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f128ea00d48190b020aba80dcdbec9 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a9eae83c88190aec83c9a4065efa1 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 5:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a9f5a0a2c8190b0a8a4c56938cc02 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0aa01988b481909fe3bf966feb5916 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:30 p.m.