Triple
T4006579
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | North Shore Channel |
E89539
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entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Chicago Area Waterway System
The Chicago Area Waterway System is an interconnected network of rivers, canals, and channels in and around Chicago that manages navigation, flood control, and wastewater conveyance between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basin.
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E406500
|
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: Chicago Area Waterway System | Statement: [North Shore Channel, partOf, Chicago Area Waterway System]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago Area Waterway System Context triple: [North Shore Channel, partOf, Chicago Area Waterway System]
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A.
Illinois Waterway system
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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B.
Chicago Harbors system
The Chicago Harbors system is a network of public harbors and marinas along Chicago’s Lake Michigan shoreline that provides docking, mooring, and boating services.
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C.
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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D.
Chicago River
The Chicago River is a historically significant waterway in Chicago known for its engineered reversal of flow, its role in the city’s development, and its iconic green dyeing on St. Patrick’s Day.
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E.
Inland Waterway (Michigan)
Inland Waterway (Michigan) is a connected chain of rivers and lakes in northern Michigan popular for boating, fishing, and scenic 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: Chicago Area Waterway System Triple: [North Shore Channel, partOf, Chicago Area Waterway System]
Generated description
The Chicago Area Waterway System is an interconnected network of rivers, canals, and channels in and around Chicago that manages navigation, flood control, and wastewater conveyance between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basin.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago Area Waterway System Target entity description: The Chicago Area Waterway System is an interconnected network of rivers, canals, and channels in and around Chicago that manages navigation, flood control, and wastewater conveyance between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basin.
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A.
Illinois Waterway system
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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B.
Chicago Harbors system
The Chicago Harbors system is a network of public harbors and marinas along Chicago’s Lake Michigan shoreline that provides docking, mooring, and boating services.
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C.
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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D.
Chicago River
The Chicago River is a historically significant waterway in Chicago known for its engineered reversal of flow, its role in the city’s development, and its iconic green dyeing on St. Patrick’s Day.
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E.
Inland Waterway (Michigan)
Inland Waterway (Michigan) is a connected chain of rivers and lakes in northern Michigan popular for boating, fishing, and scenic recreation.
- 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_69aed9585e788190bec2d39deba3750f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefa60c500819084fcba785b2bf801 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b54c67eddc819097eff878c860f3d5 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b54d1898d48190b717a17ad366918d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b54de8dc708190b83978b15aed2e13 |
completed | March 14, 2026, noon |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.