Triple
T795695
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Rennie the Elder |
E17014
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lancaster Canal
Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
|
E116237
|
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: Lancaster Canal | Statement: [John Rennie the Elder, notableWork, Lancaster Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lancaster Canal Context triple: [John Rennie the Elder, notableWork, Lancaster Canal]
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
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D.
Ashton Canal
The Ashton Canal is a historic narrow canal in Greater Manchester, England, that links central Manchester to the Peak Forest Canal and forms part of the region’s Pennine waterway network.
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E.
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.
- 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: Lancaster Canal Triple: [John Rennie the Elder, notableWork, Lancaster Canal]
Generated description
Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lancaster Canal Target entity description: Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
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A.
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.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
-
D.
Ashton Canal
The Ashton Canal is a historic narrow canal in Greater Manchester, England, that links central Manchester to the Peak Forest Canal and forms part of the region’s Pennine waterway network.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69ac1ccd40188190b5c4b9c3dc1f7554 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac1de2abf08190bae3ccdc5b7f6f9e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac1e518f648190aedea67936218178 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.