Triple

T3499140
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Illinois Waterway system E73921 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Starved Rock Lock and Dam
Starved Rock Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois River near Starved Rock State Park in Illinois, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Illinois Waterway.
E366441 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: Starved Rock Lock and Dam | Statement: [Illinois Waterway system, hasPart, Starved Rock Lock and Dam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Starved Rock Lock and Dam
Context triple: [Illinois Waterway system, hasPart, Starved Rock Lock and Dam]
  • A. Macomb’s Dam
    Macomb’s Dam was a historic Harlem River crossing in New York City that preceded and was ultimately superseded by the Macombs Dam Bridge.
  • B. Webbers Falls Lock and Dam
    Webbers Falls Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma that forms part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
  • C. Dresden Island Lock and Dam
    Dresden Island Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois Waterway that helps regulate river levels and facilitate barge traffic in northeastern Illinois.
  • D. Murray Lock and Dam
    Murray Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Arkansas, that helps regulate river flow and support commercial barge traffic.
  • E. Palisade Dam
    Palisade Dam is an irrigation and water storage structure located on the Sevier River in central Utah, supporting local agriculture and recreation.
  • 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: Starved Rock Lock and Dam
Triple: [Illinois Waterway system, hasPart, Starved Rock Lock and Dam]
Generated description
Starved Rock Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois River near Starved Rock State Park in Illinois, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Illinois Waterway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Starved Rock Lock and Dam
Target entity description: Starved Rock Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois River near Starved Rock State Park in Illinois, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Illinois Waterway.
  • A. Macomb’s Dam
    Macomb’s Dam was a historic Harlem River crossing in New York City that preceded and was ultimately superseded by the Macombs Dam Bridge.
  • B. Webbers Falls Lock and Dam
    Webbers Falls Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma that forms part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
  • C. Dresden Island Lock and Dam chosen
    Dresden Island Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Illinois Waterway that helps regulate river levels and facilitate barge traffic in northeastern Illinois.
  • D. Murray Lock and Dam
    Murray Lock and Dam is a navigation and flood-control structure on the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Arkansas, that helps regulate river flow and support commercial barge traffic.
  • E. Palisade Dam
    Palisade Dam is an irrigation and water storage structure located on the Sevier River in central Utah, supporting local agriculture and recreation.
  • 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_69ad85cdb6e48190a335d412b9194ed8 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbbd3ad548190abbfae820bf3b66d completed March 8, 2026, 6:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b402d3a06481908e512c09306a2566 completed March 13, 2026, 12:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4069ce1e48190a1c0aa9de973d49f completed March 13, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b40aa1678081909b2131a561b2e4ab completed March 13, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.