Triple

T4409929
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Crinan Canal E94828 entity
Predicate ownedBy P347 FINISHED
Object Scottish Canals
Scottish Canals is the public body responsible for managing and maintaining Scotland’s inland waterways, including historic canals and associated infrastructure.
E438280 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: Scottish Canals | Statement: [Crinan Canal, ownedBy, Scottish Canals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scottish Canals
Context triple: [Crinan Canal, ownedBy, Scottish Canals]
  • A. Forth and Clyde Canal
    The Forth and Clyde Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that crosses the Central Belt, linking the Firth of Forth on the east coast with the Firth of Clyde on the west.
  • B. Crinan Canal
    The Crinan Canal is a historic waterway in western Scotland that provides a shortcut for boats between the Firth of Clyde and the Sound of Jura, avoiding the long route around the Kintyre peninsula.
  • C. Paisley Canal
    Paisley Canal is a railway station in Paisley, Scotland, serving as the terminus of the Paisley Canal Line.
  • D. Albert Canal
    The Albert Canal is a major Belgian waterway linking the Meuse River to the port of Antwerp, serving as an important route for inland shipping and freight transport.
  • E. Union Canal
    The Union Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that links Edinburgh to the Forth & Clyde Canal near Falkirk, once vital for transporting coal and other goods and now used mainly for leisure boating 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: Scottish Canals
Triple: [Crinan Canal, ownedBy, Scottish Canals]
Generated description
Scottish Canals is the public body responsible for managing and maintaining Scotland’s inland waterways, including historic canals and associated infrastructure.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scottish Canals
Target entity description: Scottish Canals is the public body responsible for managing and maintaining Scotland’s inland waterways, including historic canals and associated infrastructure.
  • A. Forth and Clyde Canal
    The Forth and Clyde Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that crosses the Central Belt, linking the Firth of Forth on the east coast with the Firth of Clyde on the west.
  • B. Crinan Canal
    The Crinan Canal is a historic waterway in western Scotland that provides a shortcut for boats between the Firth of Clyde and the Sound of Jura, avoiding the long route around the Kintyre peninsula.
  • C. Paisley Canal
    Paisley Canal is a railway station in Paisley, Scotland, serving as the terminus of the Paisley Canal Line.
  • D. Albert Canal
    The Albert Canal is a major Belgian waterway linking the Meuse River to the port of Antwerp, serving as an important route for inland shipping and freight transport.
  • E. Union Canal
    The Union Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that links Edinburgh to the Forth & Clyde Canal near Falkirk, once vital for transporting coal and other goods and now used mainly for leisure boating and 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_69b34539638c8190abfea3eb29425210 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3548e24d08190a38c0bcd4b6ad571 completed March 13, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f60ea0808190a59418f7911d123d completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f9e8c7d08190b8a61ba1c4bf559a completed March 15, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5fa6495f881909a08b0e5b8b7decf completed March 15, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:29 p.m.