Triple
T5548097
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union Canal |
E145458
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entity |
| Predicate | originalOwner |
P347
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company was the 19th-century Scottish company responsible for promoting, financing, and operating the Union Canal linking Edinburgh with the Forth and Clyde Canal near Glasgow.
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E533046
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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: Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company | Statement: [Union Canal, originalOwner, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company Context triple: [Union Canal, originalOwner, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company]
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A.
Ashton Canal Company
The Ashton Canal Company was the original private company responsible for constructing, operating, and managing the Ashton Canal during the industrial era in England.
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B.
Scottish Canals
Scottish Canals is the public body responsible for managing and maintaining Scotland’s inland waterways, including historic canals and associated infrastructure.
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C.
Forth and Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that crosses the Central Belt, linking the Firth of Forth on the east coast with the Firth of Clyde on the west.
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D.
Paisley Canal
Paisley Canal is a railway station in Paisley, Scotland, serving as the terminus of the Paisley Canal Line.
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E.
Edinburgh Gateway Company
Edinburgh Gateway Company was a mid-20th-century Scottish theatre company based in Edinburgh, known for its contributions to the development of modern Scottish drama and for nurturing notable acting talent.
- 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: Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company Triple: [Union Canal, originalOwner, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company]
Generated description
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company was the 19th-century Scottish company responsible for promoting, financing, and operating the Union Canal linking Edinburgh with the Forth and Clyde Canal near Glasgow.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company Target entity description: The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company was the 19th-century Scottish company responsible for promoting, financing, and operating the Union Canal linking Edinburgh with the Forth and Clyde Canal near Glasgow.
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A.
Ashton Canal Company
The Ashton Canal Company was the original private company responsible for constructing, operating, and managing the Ashton Canal during the industrial era in England.
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B.
Scottish Canals
Scottish Canals is the public body responsible for managing and maintaining Scotland’s inland waterways, including historic canals and associated infrastructure.
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C.
Forth and Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that crosses the Central Belt, linking the Firth of Forth on the east coast with the Firth of Clyde on the west.
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D.
Paisley Canal
Paisley Canal is a railway station in Paisley, Scotland, serving as the terminus of the Paisley Canal Line.
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E.
Edinburgh Gateway Company
Edinburgh Gateway Company was a mid-20th-century Scottish theatre company based in Edinburgh, known for its contributions to the development of modern Scottish drama and for nurturing notable acting talent.
- 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_69c008fb879c81909f5bfa56fadc1d46 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c01fe0244c8190aeb995f79f22a039 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0282ace308190a714685579f2a789 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0372e86c08190bf586256cab23d22 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c038e5dccc8190a5e1ec45712c00a3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:35 p.m.