Triple

T2452941
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Delaware and Hudson Canal E53747 entity
Predicate operatedBy P86 FINISHED
Object Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company was a 19th-century American transportation and coal company that developed and operated one of the earliest major canal and railroad systems in the northeastern United States.
E53747 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: Delaware and Hudson Canal Company | Statement: [Delaware and Hudson Canal, operatedBy, Delaware and Hudson Canal Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Context triple: [Delaware and Hudson Canal, operatedBy, Delaware and Hudson Canal Company]
  • A. Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
    The Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company was the private corporation that developed and operated the original Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
  • B. New York State Canal Corporation
    The New York State Canal Corporation is the public agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and promoting New York’s historic canal system, including the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals.
  • 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. Delaware River and Bay Authority
    The Delaware River and Bay Authority is a bi-state governmental agency that manages and operates transportation infrastructure and services, including bridges, ferries, and airports, between Delaware and New Jersey.
  • E. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
    The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is a U.S. federal agency responsible for operating and maintaining the American portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a key commercial shipping route connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 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: Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Triple: [Delaware and Hudson Canal, operatedBy, Delaware and Hudson Canal Company]
Generated description
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company was a 19th-century American transportation and coal company that developed and operated one of the earliest major canal and railroad systems in the northeastern United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Target entity description: The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company was a 19th-century American transportation and coal company that developed and operated one of the earliest major canal and railroad systems in the northeastern United States.
  • A. Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company
    The Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company was the private corporation that developed and operated the original Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts in the early 20th century.
  • B. New York State Canal Corporation
    The New York State Canal Corporation is the public agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and promoting New York’s historic canal system, including the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca Canals.
  • C. Delaware and Hudson Canal chosen
    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. Delaware River and Bay Authority
    The Delaware River and Bay Authority is a bi-state governmental agency that manages and operates transportation infrastructure and services, including bridges, ferries, and airports, between Delaware and New Jersey.
  • E. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
    The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is a U.S. federal agency responsible for operating and maintaining the American portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a key commercial shipping route connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ab495d227c8190b26ae6548eeb1019 completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd0f699308190910a41520dc9efdb completed March 7, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af17932530819097caefff366e2183 completed March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af18e9d328819096130bc1631a5005 completed March 9, 2026, 7 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af19608cd48190aae972259090e0ee completed March 9, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:43 p.m.