Triple

T795585
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pennine waterways E17012 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Macclesfield Canal
The Macclesfield Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England, known for its scenic route through Cheshire and its role in the region’s 19th-century industrial transport network.
E110714 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: Macclesfield Canal | Statement: [Pennine waterways, hasPart, Macclesfield Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macclesfield Canal
Context triple: [Pennine waterways, hasPart, Macclesfield Canal]
  • A. Rochdale Canal
    The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
  • B. Huddersfield Broad Canal
    Huddersfield Broad Canal is a short, wide-beam canal in West Yorkshire, England, linking Huddersfield to the Calder and Hebble Navigation as part of the region’s historic industrial waterway network.
  • C. Leeds and Liverpool Canal
    The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
  • D. Trent and Mersey Canal
    The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
  • E. Bridgewater Canal
    The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
  • 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: Macclesfield Canal
Triple: [Pennine waterways, hasPart, Macclesfield Canal]
Generated description
The Macclesfield Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England, known for its scenic route through Cheshire and its role in the region’s 19th-century industrial transport network.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macclesfield Canal
Target entity description: The Macclesfield Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England, known for its scenic route through Cheshire and its role in the region’s 19th-century industrial transport network.
  • A. Rochdale Canal
    The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
  • B. Huddersfield Broad Canal
    Huddersfield Broad Canal is a short, wide-beam canal in West Yorkshire, England, linking Huddersfield to the Calder and Hebble Navigation as part of the region’s historic industrial waterway network.
  • C. Leeds and Liverpool Canal
    The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
  • D. Trent and Mersey Canal
    The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
  • E. Bridgewater Canal
    The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
  • 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_69a49378b9c48190adbf5f62e5b7aca1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a7b04cd8819092e2fd7ba4df8672 completed March 1, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a826cc938481909e420185871a5d27 completed March 4, 2026, 12:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a83374e5b48190bdacbaa712122fb5 completed March 4, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a833d4832481909d4abf774781c63e completed March 4, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.