Triple

T561549
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rhine E13461 entity
Predicate connectedByCanal P4245 FINISHED
Object Grand Canal d’Alsace
The Grand Canal d’Alsace is a major artificial waterway in eastern France that diverts and regulates part of the Rhine for navigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control.
E72718 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: Grand Canal d’Alsace | Statement: [Rhine, connectedByCanal, Grand Canal d’Alsace]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grand Canal d’Alsace
Context triple: [Rhine, connectedByCanal, Grand Canal d’Alsace]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Canal du Midi
    The Canal du Midi is a historic 17th-century canal in southern France, renowned as an engineering masterpiece that links the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Canal Grande
    Canal Grande is a historic canal in Trieste, Italy, lined with elegant buildings and bridges and serving as a picturesque focal point of the city’s waterfront.
  • 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: Grand Canal d’Alsace
Triple: [Rhine, connectedByCanal, Grand Canal d’Alsace]
Generated description
The Grand Canal d’Alsace is a major artificial waterway in eastern France that diverts and regulates part of the Rhine for navigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grand Canal d’Alsace
Target entity description: The Grand Canal d’Alsace is a major artificial waterway in eastern France that diverts and regulates part of the Rhine for navigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Canal du Midi
    The Canal du Midi is a historic 17th-century canal in southern France, renowned as an engineering masterpiece that links the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Canal Grande
    Canal Grande is a historic canal in Trieste, Italy, lined with elegant buildings and bridges and serving as a picturesque focal point of the city’s waterfront.
  • 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_69a5089bce6c8190a5c4f708fb94668b completed March 2, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5095544788190b3857961ad182716 completed March 2, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a509c051108190961b41e045208285 completed March 2, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.