Triple

T3409249
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rhine–Herne Canal E71849 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Rhine waterway system
The Rhine waterway system is an extensive network of interconnected rivers and canals in Western Europe that serves as a major corridor for inland shipping, trade, and transport across several countries.
E357937 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: Rhine waterway system | Statement: [Rhine–Herne Canal, partOf, Rhine waterway system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhine waterway system
Context triple: [Rhine–Herne Canal, partOf, Rhine waterway system]
  • A. Rhine River shipping lane
    The Rhine River shipping lane is a major inland waterway used for commercial and passenger transport through the scenic and historically significant Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
  • B. Meuse–Rhine Canal
    The Meuse–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links the Meuse and Rhine river systems to facilitate inland shipping and transport.
  • C. Rhine–Meuse river system
    The Rhine–Meuse river system is a major interconnected river network in Western Europe that drains large parts of the Alps and low countries before emptying into the North Sea through multiple distributaries.
  • D. Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
    The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal is a major European waterway that links the North Sea to the Black Sea by connecting the Rhine, Main, and Danube river systems for continuous inland navigation.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Rhine waterway system
Triple: [Rhine–Herne Canal, partOf, Rhine waterway system]
Generated description
The Rhine waterway system is an extensive network of interconnected rivers and canals in Western Europe that serves as a major corridor for inland shipping, trade, and transport across several countries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhine waterway system
Target entity description: The Rhine waterway system is an extensive network of interconnected rivers and canals in Western Europe that serves as a major corridor for inland shipping, trade, and transport across several countries.
  • A. Rhine River shipping lane
    The Rhine River shipping lane is a major inland waterway used for commercial and passenger transport through the scenic and historically significant Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
  • B. Meuse–Rhine Canal
    The Meuse–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links the Meuse and Rhine river systems to facilitate inland shipping and transport.
  • C. Rhine–Meuse river system
    The Rhine–Meuse river system is a major interconnected river network in Western Europe that drains large parts of the Alps and low countries before emptying into the North Sea through multiple distributaries.
  • D. Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
    The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal is a major European waterway that links the North Sea to the Black Sea by connecting the Rhine, Main, and Danube river systems for continuous inland navigation.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69b35468916c8190ba6caa2c53e01d9c completed March 13, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b35519b7f08190b1ea7514036c3453 completed March 13, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b358fba2208190bc66d5f7d0009ba4 completed March 13, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.