Triple

T3409224
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rhine–Herne Canal E71849 entity
Predicate connectsTo P845 FINISHED
Object Dortmund–Ems Canal
The Dortmund–Ems Canal is a major German inland waterway linking the industrial Ruhr region with the North Sea via the River Ems, serving as an important route for commercial shipping.
 E355365 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: Dortmund–Ems Canal | Statement: [Rhine–Herne Canal, connectsTo, Dortmund–Ems Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dortmund–Ems Canal
Context triple: [Rhine–Herne Canal, connectsTo, Dortmund–Ems Canal]
  • A. Datteln-Hamm Canal
    The Datteln-Hamm Canal is a major artificial waterway in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that connects the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Datteln with the city of Hamm and supports regional inland shipping and industry.
  • B. Rhine–Herne Canal
    The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
  • C. Ems-Vechte Canal
    The Ems-Vechte Canal is an artificial waterway in northwestern Germany that links the Ems and Vechte rivers, primarily serving regional navigation and water management.
  • D. Teltow Canal
    The Teltow Canal is an artificial waterway in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany, that serves as an important shipping route linking the Havel River with other regional waterways.
  • E. Elbe–Havel Canal
    The Elbe–Havel Canal is a major German waterway that links the Elbe and Havel river systems, forming part of an important east–west inland shipping route.
  • 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: Dortmund–Ems Canal
Triple: [Rhine–Herne Canal, connectsTo, Dortmund–Ems Canal]
Generated description
The Dortmund–Ems Canal is a major German inland waterway linking the industrial Ruhr region with the North Sea via the River Ems, serving as an important route for commercial shipping.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dortmund–Ems Canal
Target entity description: The Dortmund–Ems Canal is a major German inland waterway linking the industrial Ruhr region with the North Sea via the River Ems, serving as an important route for commercial shipping.
  • A. Datteln-Hamm Canal
    The Datteln-Hamm Canal is a major artificial waterway in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that connects the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Datteln with the city of Hamm and supports regional inland shipping and industry.
  • B. Rhine–Herne Canal
    The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
  • C. Ems-Vechte Canal
    The Ems-Vechte Canal is an artificial waterway in northwestern Germany that links the Ems and Vechte rivers, primarily serving regional navigation and water management.
  • D. Teltow Canal
    The Teltow Canal is an artificial waterway in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany, that serves as an important shipping route linking the Havel River with other regional waterways.
  • E. Elbe–Havel Canal
    The Elbe–Havel Canal is a major German waterway that links the Elbe and Havel river systems, forming part of an important east–west inland shipping route.
  • 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_69ad85ac312481909e7027ced1456a9f completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb90754788190ab85e2bec020f99e completed March 8, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b34bdd99248190823875cae2531609 completed March 12, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b34e486c3c81908e73c5b75baf119c completed March 12, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b34fc420b08190baee678721b1b32c completed March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.