Triple

T344248
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject River Douglas E6903 entity
Predicate connectedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a short canal branch in Lancashire, England, linking the main Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the River Douglas and providing a navigable route toward the Ribble Estuary.
E44549 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: Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal | Statement: [River Douglas, connectedTo, Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Context triple: [River Douglas, connectedTo, Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal]
  • A. Leeds and Liverpool Canal
    The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
  • B. Rochdale Canal
    The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
  • C. Bridgewater Canal
    The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
  • D. Trent and Mersey Canal
    The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
  • E. Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
    The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer, more direct navigation route bypassing a hazardous stretch of the River Severn.
  • 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: Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Triple: [River Douglas, connectedTo, Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal]
Generated description
The Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a short canal branch in Lancashire, England, linking the main Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the River Douglas and providing a navigable route toward the Ribble Estuary.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Target entity description: The Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a short canal branch in Lancashire, England, linking the main Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the River Douglas and providing a navigable route toward the Ribble Estuary.
  • A. Leeds and Liverpool Canal
    The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
  • B. Rochdale Canal
    The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
  • C. Bridgewater Canal
    The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
  • D. Trent and Mersey Canal
    The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
  • E. Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
    The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer, more direct navigation route bypassing a hazardous stretch of the River Severn.
  • 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_69a2e7951ba08190960e90823b5078f3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eb01261c81909280128b5ce75eff completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3dd2ff66c8190a0e688e4f9baa5b4 completed March 1, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3ddbbe7e08190ac167e158d19dbce completed March 1, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3de3fef7c819082193eb7083175e1 completed March 1, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.