Triple

T561548
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rhine E13461 entity
Predicate connectedByCanal P4245 FINISHED
Object Rhine–Herne Canal
The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
E71849 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: Rhine–Herne Canal | Statement: [Rhine, connectedByCanal, Rhine–Herne Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhine–Herne Canal
Context triple: [Rhine, connectedByCanal, Rhine–Herne Canal]
  • A. Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
    The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
  • B. Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
    The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal is a major European waterway that links the North Sea to the Black Sea by connecting the Rhine, Main, and Danube river systems for continuous inland navigation.
  • C. Van Starkenborghkanaal
    The Van Starkenborghkanaal is a key Dutch shipping canal in the province of Groningen that forms part of an important east–west inland waterway connection in the northern Netherlands.
  • D. Sambre–Oise Canal
    The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.
  • E. North Sea Canal
    The North Sea Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links Amsterdam to the North Sea, enabling seagoing vessels to access the city’s port.
  • 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: Rhine–Herne Canal
Triple: [Rhine, connectedByCanal, Rhine–Herne Canal]
Generated description
The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhine–Herne Canal
Target entity description: The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
  • A. Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
    The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
  • B. Rhine–Main–Danube Canal
    The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal is a major European waterway that links the North Sea to the Black Sea by connecting the Rhine, Main, and Danube river systems for continuous inland navigation.
  • C. Van Starkenborghkanaal
    The Van Starkenborghkanaal is a key Dutch shipping canal in the province of Groningen that forms part of an important east–west inland waterway connection in the northern Netherlands.
  • D. Sambre–Oise Canal
    The Sambre–Oise Canal is a navigable waterway in northern France that connects the Sambre and Oise rivers and is historically noted as the site where World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action.
  • E. North Sea Canal
    The North Sea Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links Amsterdam to the North Sea, enabling seagoing vessels to access the city’s port.
  • 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_69a4933edcf08190b35ecfd6014caee6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49d28af148190acad3cfb809ff2f2 completed March 1, 2026, 8:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4ff488e648190b74d3000e45226b4 completed March 2, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4ffd32a4c8190ba048fc723813189 completed March 2, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5001de9c481909d43c001028c922c completed March 2, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.