Triple

T2257434
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hamilton Harbour E49759 entity
Predicate connectedBy P37 FINISHED
Object Burlington Canal
The Burlington Canal is a navigational waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides ship access between Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbour.
E249485 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: Burlington Canal | Statement: [Hamilton Harbour, connectedBy, Burlington Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burlington Canal
Context triple: [Hamilton Harbour, connectedBy, Burlington Canal]
  • A. Pawtucket Canal
    The Pawtucket Canal is a historic industrial waterway in Lowell, Massachusetts, that played a key role in powering the city’s 19th-century textile mills and shaping early American industrialization.
  • B. Cayuga–Seneca Canal
    The Cayuga–Seneca Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that links Cayuga and Seneca Lakes to the Erie Canal, facilitating regional transportation and recreation.
  • C. Delaware and Hudson Canal
    The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
  • D. Champlain Canal
    The Champlain Canal is a historic waterway in New York State that links the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, forming part of the state's inland navigation system.
  • E. Holyoke Canal System
    The Holyoke Canal System is a historic network of industrial power canals in Holyoke, Massachusetts, built in the 19th century to harness the Connecticut River for manufacturing and mill operations.
  • 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: Burlington Canal
Triple: [Hamilton Harbour, connectedBy, Burlington Canal]
Generated description
The Burlington Canal is a navigational waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides ship access between Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbour.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burlington Canal
Target entity description: The Burlington Canal is a navigational waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides ship access between Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbour.
  • A. Pawtucket Canal
    The Pawtucket Canal is a historic industrial waterway in Lowell, Massachusetts, that played a key role in powering the city’s 19th-century textile mills and shaping early American industrialization.
  • B. Cayuga–Seneca Canal
    The Cayuga–Seneca Canal is a navigable waterway in upstate New York that links Cayuga and Seneca Lakes to the Erie Canal, facilitating regional transportation and recreation.
  • C. Delaware and Hudson Canal
    The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
  • D. Champlain Canal
    The Champlain Canal is a historic waterway in New York State that links the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, forming part of the state's inland navigation system.
  • E. Holyoke Canal System
    The Holyoke Canal System is a historic network of industrial power canals in Holyoke, Massachusetts, built in the 19th century to harness the Connecticut River for manufacturing and mill operations.
  • 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_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc15839fc8190b17e040c4c765a8c completed March 7, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae71c69f088190a38254a8a3670124 completed March 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae72353e7c8190bb0ba06362734d81 completed March 9, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae72a694a8819080ec462c0a9c38ac completed March 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.