Triple

T7813044
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject German inland waterway network E180732 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Weser–Elbe Canal
The Weser–Elbe Canal is a man-made waterway in northern Germany that links the Weser and Elbe river systems to facilitate inland shipping and regional transport.
E711991 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: Weser–Elbe Canal | Statement: [German inland waterway network, hasPart, Weser–Elbe Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weser–Elbe Canal
Context triple: [German inland waterway network, hasPart, Weser–Elbe Canal]
  • A. Weser–Datteln Canal
    The Weser–Datteln Canal is a major German shipping canal that links the River Weser with the Ruhr area’s inland waterway network, facilitating industrial transport across northwestern Germany.
  • B. Elbe-Lübeck Canal
    The Elbe-Lübeck Canal is an artificial waterway in northern Germany that links the Elbe River with the city of Lübeck and the Baltic Sea, serving as an important inland shipping route.
  • C. Elbe–Havel Canal
    The Elbe–Havel Canal is a major German waterway that links the Elbe and Havel river systems, forming part of an important east–west inland shipping route.
  • D. Datteln-Hamm Canal
    The Datteln-Hamm Canal is a major artificial waterway in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that connects the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Datteln with the city of Hamm and supports regional inland shipping and industry.
  • E. Dortmund–Ems Canal
    The Dortmund–Ems Canal is a major German inland waterway linking the industrial Ruhr region with the North Sea via the River Ems, serving as an important route for commercial shipping.
  • 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: Weser–Elbe Canal
Triple: [German inland waterway network, hasPart, Weser–Elbe Canal]
Generated description
The Weser–Elbe Canal is a man-made waterway in northern Germany that links the Weser and Elbe river systems to facilitate inland shipping and regional transport.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weser–Elbe Canal
Target entity description: The Weser–Elbe Canal is a man-made waterway in northern Germany that links the Weser and Elbe river systems to facilitate inland shipping and regional transport.
  • A. Weser–Datteln Canal
    The Weser–Datteln Canal is a major German shipping canal that links the River Weser with the Ruhr area’s inland waterway network, facilitating industrial transport across northwestern Germany.
  • B. Elbe-Lübeck Canal
    The Elbe-Lübeck Canal is an artificial waterway in northern Germany that links the Elbe River with the city of Lübeck and the Baltic Sea, serving as an important inland shipping route.
  • C. Elbe–Havel Canal
    The Elbe–Havel Canal is a major German waterway that links the Elbe and Havel river systems, forming part of an important east–west inland shipping route.
  • D. Datteln-Hamm Canal
    The Datteln-Hamm Canal is a major artificial waterway in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that connects the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Datteln with the city of Hamm and supports regional inland shipping and industry.
  • E. Dortmund–Ems Canal
    The Dortmund–Ems Canal is a major German inland waterway linking the industrial Ruhr region with the North Sea via the River Ems, serving as an important route for commercial shipping.
  • 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_69ca827f6f148190beca4e245b993506 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69caf78f3d6481909841d64117f657e1 completed March 30, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc9336e14c8190ad925da158d98596 completed April 1, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc955542fc8190a84be60f4efea915 completed April 1, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc964c6b308190ae121072b1180268 completed April 1, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:38 p.m.