Triple
T4457209
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lockport, Illinois |
E97756
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
The Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor is a federally designated heritage area in northern Illinois that preserves and interprets the historic canal route that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and spurred the region’s 19th-century economic development.
|
E442128
|
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: Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor | Statement: [Lockport, Illinois, partOf, Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Context triple: [Lockport, Illinois, partOf, Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor]
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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 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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C.
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a protected corridor along the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, offering scenic natural habitats, historic sites, and recreational opportunities such as boating, fishing, and hiking.
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D.
Great Lakes waterway
The Great Lakes waterway is a system of natural and artificial channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
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E.
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.
- 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: Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Triple: [Lockport, Illinois, partOf, Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor]
Generated description
The Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor is a federally designated heritage area in northern Illinois that preserves and interprets the historic canal route that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and spurred the region’s 19th-century economic development.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Target entity description: The Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor is a federally designated heritage area in northern Illinois that preserves and interprets the historic canal route that linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and spurred the region’s 19th-century economic development.
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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 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.
-
C.
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a protected corridor along the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, offering scenic natural habitats, historic sites, and recreational opportunities such as boating, fishing, and hiking.
-
D.
Great Lakes waterway
The Great Lakes waterway is a system of natural and artificial channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69b3454777808190b78aa9047ba1f018 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b356434e9481908f883c09e0908f6b |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6282ea6308190b726a9f8176d4d1b |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b6295218e88190a48e8bfeb2febe2e |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b62b05bcec8190a0c8d1c0e5a62c75 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:33 p.m.