Triple

T4678037
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salford Quays E103728 entity
Predicate wasPreviously P23508 FINISHED
Object Salford Docks
Salford Docks was a major former dock complex on the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, England, that played a key role in the region’s industrial and maritime trade before its redevelopment into the modern Salford Quays area.
E463231 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: Salford Docks | Statement: [Salford Quays, wasPreviously, Salford Docks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salford Docks
Context triple: [Salford Quays, wasPreviously, Salford Docks]
  • A. Birkenhead Docks
    Birkenhead Docks is a complex of dock facilities on the Wirral Peninsula in northwest England, forming part of the wider Port of Liverpool and serving maritime trade and industry along the River Mersey.
  • B. Western Dock
    Western Dock was a major basin within the historic London Docks complex in east London, used primarily for maritime trade and cargo handling.
  • C. Ellesmere Port Docks
    Ellesmere Port Docks is a historic canal and maritime dock complex in Cheshire, England, that developed as a key hub for trade and industry linking inland waterways with the River Mersey.
  • D. Bristol City Docks
    Bristol City Docks is the historic floating dock system at the heart of Bristol, England, once a major commercial port and now a regenerated area of cultural, leisure, and maritime heritage attractions.
  • E. Runcorn Docks
    Runcorn Docks is a historic port and industrial dock complex on the River Mersey in Cheshire, England, that played a key role in regional trade and canal transport.
  • 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: Salford Docks
Triple: [Salford Quays, wasPreviously, Salford Docks]
Generated description
Salford Docks was a major former dock complex on the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, England, that played a key role in the region’s industrial and maritime trade before its redevelopment into the modern Salford Quays area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salford Docks
Target entity description: Salford Docks was a major former dock complex on the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, England, that played a key role in the region’s industrial and maritime trade before its redevelopment into the modern Salford Quays area.
  • A. Birkenhead Docks
    Birkenhead Docks is a complex of dock facilities on the Wirral Peninsula in northwest England, forming part of the wider Port of Liverpool and serving maritime trade and industry along the River Mersey.
  • B. Western Dock
    Western Dock was a major basin within the historic London Docks complex in east London, used primarily for maritime trade and cargo handling.
  • C. Ellesmere Port Docks
    Ellesmere Port Docks is a historic canal and maritime dock complex in Cheshire, England, that developed as a key hub for trade and industry linking inland waterways with the River Mersey.
  • D. Bristol City Docks
    Bristol City Docks is the historic floating dock system at the heart of Bristol, England, once a major commercial port and now a regenerated area of cultural, leisure, and maritime heritage attractions.
  • E. Runcorn Docks
    Runcorn Docks is a historic port and industrial dock complex on the River Mersey in Cheshire, England, that played a key role in regional trade and canal transport.
  • 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_69bd43dda32c8190938b37744ca270fc completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd63698a548190831863adddd32f31 completed March 20, 2026, 3:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be105232e88190bb79bf52b58e1814 completed March 21, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be113e5c7c81909180c88799bc3ca4 completed March 21, 2026, 3:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be119987bc8190b0b0f75a2c07a60c completed March 21, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:16 p.m.