Triple
T643581
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clinton's Ditch |
E16792
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Great Lakes–Atlantic Ocean trade route |
E9202
|
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: Great Lakes–Atlantic Ocean trade route | Statement: [Clinton's Ditch, relatedTo, Great Lakes–Atlantic Ocean trade route]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Lakes–Atlantic Ocean trade route Context triple: [Clinton's Ditch, relatedTo, Great Lakes–Atlantic Ocean trade route]
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A.
Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage is a historically significant sea route through the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and long sought by explorers as a shorter path between Europe and Asia.
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B.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
chosen
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.
Northeast Passage
The Northeast Passage is a sea route along the northern coast of Eurasia, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via Arctic waters and historically sought as a shorter path between Europe and Asia.
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D.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
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E.
Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait is a large Arctic waterway in northeastern Canada that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay and serves as an important historical and modern shipping route.
- 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_69a4936be1c88190af56540324b57da7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49f18216081908331aa12dac40214 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5778faa788190ac246d6cd6b983f4 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.