Triple
T8012789
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grand River Transit |
E186533
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Region of Waterloo |
E164649
|
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: Region of Waterloo | Statement: [Grand River Transit, foundedBy, Region of Waterloo]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Region of Waterloo Context triple: [Grand River Transit, foundedBy, Region of Waterloo]
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A.
Region of Waterloo, Ontario
chosen
The Region of Waterloo, Ontario is a regional municipality in southwestern Ontario that includes the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge, known for its strong tech sector, universities, and mixed urban–rural character.
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B.
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario is a Canadian city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo best known as a major tech and innovation hub and home to the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University.
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C.
Waterloo Village
Waterloo Village is a restored 19th-century canal town and historic site in New Jersey that showcases the state’s transportation, industrial, and rural heritage.
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D.
Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area
The Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in northeastern Iowa centered around the neighboring cities of Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
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E.
Welland
Welland is a city in the Niagara Region of southern Ontario, Canada, known for the Welland Canal that connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
- 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_69ca82abaffc8190ab8af79cdbc31ab3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3d73bf048190ad8066a7e95c34b0 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd6744324c8190875444437d8dcc64 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:19 p.m.