Triple
T2383986
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edward Leader Williams |
E46374
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Manchester Ship Canal Company |
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 Company | Statement: [Edward Leader Williams, employer, Manchester Ship Canal Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manchester Ship Canal Company Context triple: [Edward Leader Williams, employer, Manchester Ship Canal Company]
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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.
Canal Harbour & Great Projects Company
Canal Harbour & Great Projects Company is a subsidiary of Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority that handles marine construction, harbor works, and infrastructure projects related to the Suez Canal and surrounding ports.
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C.
Manchester Corporation
Manchester Corporation was the former municipal governing body of the city of Manchester, responsible for administering local services, infrastructure, and civic institutions before being replaced by the modern city council structure.
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D.
Canal Mooring & Lights Company
Canal Mooring & Lights Company is a subsidiary of the Suez Canal Authority that provides specialized mooring, navigation, and lighting services to support safe and efficient transit through the Suez Canal.
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E.
John I. Thornycroft & Company
John I. Thornycroft & Company was a British shipbuilding firm renowned for designing and constructing naval vessels, particularly destroyers and fast attack craft, for the Royal Navy and other customers.
- 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_69a88a1554a48190a0180682bcf099be |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc7bc87d0819090cd9d19d748bcc3 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aea8b790bc8190ba399e252acec750 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.