Triple
T3472446
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal |
E73293
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectsTo |
P845
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Illinois and Michigan Canal (historically via system) |
E73921
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Illinois and Michigan Canal (historically via system) | Statement: [Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, connectsTo, Illinois and Michigan Canal (historically via system)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois and Michigan Canal (historically via system) Context triple: [Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, connectsTo, Illinois and Michigan Canal (historically via system)]
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A.
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Illinois that reverses the flow of the Chicago River, diverts wastewater away from Lake Michigan, and serves as a key navigation link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system.
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B.
Illinois Waterway system
chosen
The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
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C.
Delta-Mendota Canal
The Delta-Mendota Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s Central Valley that transports water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta to agricultural and urban users in the San Joaquin Valley.
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D.
Ohio and Erie Canal
The Ohio and Erie Canal was a 19th-century waterway in Ohio that linked Lake Erie to the Ohio River, spurring economic growth and the development of cities such as Akron.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad85b2fed48190948c8765e453d270 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbb3cc8488190b97c732e3f600a90 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b373aeade48190958e7e09b856cede |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.