Triple

T2437241
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Benjamin Henry Latrobe E52988 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Washington Canal (planning and engineering)
Washington Canal (planning and engineering) was an early 19th-century urban waterway project in Washington, D.C., designed to link the Potomac and Anacostia rivers and support the young capital’s transportation and commerce.
E265998 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: Washington Canal (planning and engineering) | Statement: [Benjamin Henry Latrobe, notableWork, Washington Canal (planning and engineering)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washington Canal (planning and engineering)
Context triple: [Benjamin Henry Latrobe, notableWork, Washington Canal (planning and engineering)]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Delaware and Raritan Canal
    The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in central New Jersey that once served as a major transportation route and now forms the backbone of a popular linear state park and recreation corridor.
  • C. 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.
  • D. New York State Canal System
    The New York State Canal System is a network of interconnected canals and waterways in New York that evolved from historic routes like the Erie Canal and now supports recreation, tourism, and limited commercial navigation.
  • E. Inland Waterway System of the United States
    The Inland Waterway System of the United States is an extensive network of interconnected rivers, canals, and coastal routes that supports commercial shipping, recreation, and transportation across much of the country.
  • 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: Washington Canal (planning and engineering)
Triple: [Benjamin Henry Latrobe, notableWork, Washington Canal (planning and engineering)]
Generated description
Washington Canal (planning and engineering) was an early 19th-century urban waterway project in Washington, D.C., designed to link the Potomac and Anacostia rivers and support the young capital’s transportation and commerce.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washington Canal (planning and engineering)
Target entity description: Washington Canal (planning and engineering) was an early 19th-century urban waterway project in Washington, D.C., designed to link the Potomac and Anacostia rivers and support the young capital’s transportation and commerce.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Delaware and Raritan Canal
    The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in central New Jersey that once served as a major transportation route and now forms the backbone of a popular linear state park and recreation corridor.
  • C. 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.
  • D. New York State Canal System
    The New York State Canal System is a network of interconnected canals and waterways in New York that evolved from historic routes like the Erie Canal and now supports recreation, tourism, and limited commercial navigation.
  • E. Inland Waterway System of the United States
    The Inland Waterway System of the United States is an extensive network of interconnected rivers, canals, and coastal routes that supports commercial shipping, recreation, and transportation across much of the country.
  • 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_69ab4959bcc0819083246f9fb10439e3 completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc9f342e88190a430b02842ded418 completed March 7, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aebf7085b88190938c4eefa4380970 completed March 9, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aec30189d081908bb6865937aff20d completed March 9, 2026, 12:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aec39bb6a4819084652814e18f60d4 completed March 9, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:43 p.m.