Triple

T795698
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Rennie the Elder E17014 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Crinan Canal
The Crinan Canal is a historic waterway in western Scotland that provides a shortcut for boats between the Firth of Clyde and the Sound of Jura, avoiding the long route around the Kintyre peninsula.
E94828 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: Crinan Canal | Statement: [John Rennie the Elder, notableWork, Crinan Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crinan Canal
Context triple: [John Rennie the Elder, notableWork, Crinan Canal]
  • A. River Dee (Galloway)
    River Dee (Galloway) is a river in southwest Scotland that flows through the Galloway region from the Southern Uplands to the Solway Firth.
  • B. Moffat Water
    Moffat Water is a river in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, that flows through the town of Moffat and its surrounding valley.
  • C. Great Glen
    The Great Glen is a major geological fault and valley in the Scottish Highlands, stretching coast to coast and containing a chain of lochs including the famous Loch Ness.
  • D. River Dee
    River Dee is a major river in northeastern Scotland that flows through the Cairngorms and Royal Deeside, renowned for its scenic beauty and association with the British royal family.
  • E. Firth of Tay
    The Firth of Tay is a large estuary on the east coast of Scotland where the River Tay meets the North Sea, noted for its bridges, wildlife, and maritime history.
  • 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: Crinan Canal
Triple: [John Rennie the Elder, notableWork, Crinan Canal]
Generated description
The Crinan Canal is a historic waterway in western Scotland that provides a shortcut for boats between the Firth of Clyde and the Sound of Jura, avoiding the long route around the Kintyre peninsula.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crinan Canal
Target entity description: The Crinan Canal is a historic waterway in western Scotland that provides a shortcut for boats between the Firth of Clyde and the Sound of Jura, avoiding the long route around the Kintyre peninsula.
  • A. River Dee (Galloway)
    River Dee (Galloway) is a river in southwest Scotland that flows through the Galloway region from the Southern Uplands to the Solway Firth.
  • B. Moffat Water
    Moffat Water is a river in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, that flows through the town of Moffat and its surrounding valley.
  • C. Great Glen
    The Great Glen is a major geological fault and valley in the Scottish Highlands, stretching coast to coast and containing a chain of lochs including the famous Loch Ness.
  • D. River Dee
    River Dee is a major river in northeastern Scotland that flows through the Cairngorms and Royal Deeside, renowned for its scenic beauty and association with the British royal family.
  • E. Firth of Tay
    The Firth of Tay is a large estuary on the east coast of Scotland where the River Tay meets the North Sea, noted for its bridges, wildlife, and maritime history.
  • 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_69a67effd3b481909036bdc43d7b909f completed March 3, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a67fd11a5081909d068eabe31b2187 completed March 3, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a680bae34481909255d07f325d97d4 completed March 3, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.