Triple
T5744196
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shropshire Union Canal |
E126687
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerOperator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Waterways |
E17015
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: British Waterways | Statement: [Shropshire Union Canal, formerOperator, British Waterways]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Waterways Context triple: [Shropshire Union Canal, formerOperator, British Waterways]
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A.
Canal & River Trust
chosen
Canal & River Trust is a charitable organization responsible for caring for and maintaining much of England and Wales’s historic canal and river network.
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B.
Aire and Calder Navigation
The Aire and Calder Navigation is a major canalised river and waterway in West Yorkshire, England, historically important for transporting coal and goods between the industrial towns of the Pennines and the Humber estuary.
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C.
Kennet and Avon Canal Trust
The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust is a charitable organization dedicated to preserving, maintaining, and promoting the historic Kennet and Avon Canal for public benefit and heritage conservation.
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D.
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Calder and Hebble Navigation is a historic canal in West Yorkshire, England, forming part of the region’s inland waterway network and linking various industrial towns along the River Calder.
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E.
Thames Water
Thames Water is the United Kingdom’s largest water and wastewater services company, supplying and treating water for millions of customers across London and the Thames Valley.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c0083179548190b384b0bf3c08ca4d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02586b25c819083c409ce324268cc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c097f9b6e08190bb68ea850ba813ff |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:48 p.m.