Triple
T5034860
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Great Lakes Waterway |
E113397
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPart |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Saint Clair–Detroit River System
The Saint Clair–Detroit River System is a crucial binational waterway linking Lake Huron to Lake Erie, supporting major commercial shipping, ecological habitats, and regional water supplies between the United States and Canada.
|
E501356
|
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: Saint Clair–Detroit River System | Statement: [Great Lakes Waterway, hasPart, Saint Clair–Detroit River System]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saint Clair–Detroit River System Context triple: [Great Lakes Waterway, hasPart, Saint Clair–Detroit River System]
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A.
St. Clair River
The St. Clair River is a major waterway forming part of the border between the United States and Canada, flowing south from Lake Huron toward Lake St. Clair as a key segment of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway.
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B.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
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C.
Saginaw River
The Saginaw River is a major river in Michigan that drains a large portion of the state's Lower Peninsula and flows into Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
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D.
Detroit River
The Detroit River is a strait of the Great Lakes system that forms part of the border between the United States and Canada, connecting Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie and serving as a major shipping and industrial waterway.
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E.
St. Marys River
The St. Marys River is a tributary in the Midwestern United States that flows through northeastern Indiana and joins with other rivers at Fort Wayne to form the Maumee River.
- 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: Saint Clair–Detroit River System Triple: [Great Lakes Waterway, hasPart, Saint Clair–Detroit River System]
Generated description
The Saint Clair–Detroit River System is a crucial binational waterway linking Lake Huron to Lake Erie, supporting major commercial shipping, ecological habitats, and regional water supplies between the United States and Canada.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saint Clair–Detroit River System Target entity description: The Saint Clair–Detroit River System is a crucial binational waterway linking Lake Huron to Lake Erie, supporting major commercial shipping, ecological habitats, and regional water supplies between the United States and Canada.
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A.
St. Clair River
The St. Clair River is a major waterway forming part of the border between the United States and Canada, flowing south from Lake Huron toward Lake St. Clair as a key segment of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway.
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B.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
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C.
Saginaw River
The Saginaw River is a major river in Michigan that drains a large portion of the state's Lower Peninsula and flows into Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
-
D.
Detroit River
The Detroit River is a strait of the Great Lakes system that forms part of the border between the United States and Canada, connecting Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie and serving as a major shipping and industrial waterway.
-
E.
St. Marys River
The St. Marys River is a tributary in the Midwestern United States that flows through northeastern Indiana and joins with other rivers at Fort Wayne to form the Maumee River.
- 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_69bd44384298819089c49e7c330ec7b8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd73b8646c8190b3cc20193e4639ee |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bee061444081909ba050ea2a5e3f48 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bee64548f08190b96ce4ae91cae3d0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bee6960b9881909e1b79c85a188ac3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:36 p.m.