Triple
T4473757
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Volga–Baltic Waterway |
E98556
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectsTo |
P845
|
FINISHED |
| Object | White Sea–Baltic Canal |
E298495
|
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: White Sea–Baltic Canal | Statement: [Volga–Baltic Waterway, connectsTo, White Sea–Baltic Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: White Sea–Baltic Canal Context triple: [Volga–Baltic Waterway, connectsTo, White Sea–Baltic Canal]
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A.
White Sea–Baltic Canal
chosen
The White Sea–Baltic Canal is a Soviet-era ship canal in northwestern Russia, notorious for its construction by forced labor under harsh conditions and for linking the White Sea to the Baltic Sea.
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B.
Ladoga Canal
The Ladoga Canal is a historic Russian waterway built to bypass the dangerous waters of Lake Ladoga and facilitate safer navigation between the Neva River and inland regions.
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C.
Saimaa Canal
The Saimaa Canal is a historically significant waterway in southeastern Finland that connects Lake Saimaa to the Gulf of Finland, facilitating both commercial shipping and recreational boating.
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D.
Volga–Baltic Waterway
The Volga–Baltic Waterway is a major Russian shipping route that links the Volga River basin with the Baltic Sea through a system of rivers, lakes, and canals.
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E.
Moscow Canal
The Moscow Canal is a major Soviet-era waterway in Russia that links Moscow to the Volga River basin, providing the city with a vital shipping route, water supply, and part of the Moscow Ring of waterways.
- 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_69b3454b4ae481908967426dd37284d6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b356b95c888190a84bf4a9b2c60aa6 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6513446f08190b4ab18dffda9060a |
completed | March 15, 2026, 6:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:35 p.m.