Triple

T46578
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Manchester Ship Canal E912 entity
Predicate nearTown P2064 FINISHED
Object Runcorn
Runcorn is an industrial town in Cheshire, England, situated on the southern bank of the River Mersey and known for its chemical industry and transport links.
E15158 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Runcorn | Statement: [Manchester Ship Canal, nearTown, Runcorn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Runcorn
Context triple: [Manchester Ship Canal, nearTown, Runcorn]
  • A. Warrington
    Warrington is a large town in Cheshire, England, situated between Liverpool and Manchester on the River Mersey and known historically for its role in industry and transport.
  • B. Ramsbottom
    Ramsbottom is a small market town in Greater Manchester, England, known for its industrial heritage, scenic Irwell Valley setting, and preserved East Lancashire Railway.
  • C. Salford
    Salford is a city in Greater Manchester, England, known for its industrial heritage and the modern MediaCityUK development on the Salford Quays.
  • D. Bacup
    Bacup is a small former mill town in Lancashire, England, known for its well-preserved Victorian architecture and industrial heritage in the South Pennines.
  • E. Trafford
    Trafford is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, encompassing a mix of residential, commercial, and sporting areas including parts of Manchester’s urban region.
  • 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: Runcorn
Triple: [Manchester Ship Canal, nearTown, Runcorn]
Generated description
Runcorn is an industrial town in Cheshire, England, situated on the southern bank of the River Mersey and known for its chemical industry and transport links.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Runcorn
Target entity description: Runcorn is an industrial town in Cheshire, England, situated on the southern bank of the River Mersey and known for its chemical industry and transport links.
  • A. Warrington
    Warrington is a large town in Cheshire, England, situated between Liverpool and Manchester on the River Mersey and known historically for its role in industry and transport.
  • B. Ramsbottom
    Ramsbottom is a small market town in Greater Manchester, England, known for its industrial heritage, scenic Irwell Valley setting, and preserved East Lancashire Railway.
  • C. Salford
    Salford is a city in Greater Manchester, England, known for its industrial heritage and the modern MediaCityUK development on the Salford Quays.
  • D. Bacup
    Bacup is a small former mill town in Lancashire, England, known for its well-preserved Victorian architecture and industrial heritage in the South Pennines.
  • E. Trafford
    Trafford is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, encompassing a mix of residential, commercial, and sporting areas including parts of Manchester’s urban region.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: nearTown
Context triple: [Manchester Ship Canal, nearTown, Runcorn]
  • A. near
    Indicates that one entity is located at a short distance from another entity in space or position.
  • B. neighborhood
    Indicates that one entity is located in close spatial proximity to another, typically within the same local area or district.
  • C. nearbyFeature chosen
    Indicates that one entity is located close to or in the immediate vicinity of another entity.
  • D. nearestMajorCity
    Indicates that one city is the closest significant urban center to another location or city compared to all other major cities.
  • E. distanceFromDowntown
    Indicates the physical distance between a given location and the central downtown area.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24b1bf2c081908f20e13939b713ff completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2aa40b9fc819092323d52f6ae489d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2abbfe73081909a71a9a6f9fffba8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2ac13974c8190af315bf0fab76827 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a24abd07508190a83ffba5368c1c79 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.