Triple
T8716006
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pacific locks section |
E206894
|
entity |
| Predicate | region |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Panama Canal Zone area (historical) |
E41165
|
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: Panama Canal Zone area (historical) | Statement: [Pacific locks section, region, Panama Canal Zone area (historical)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Panama Canal Zone area (historical) Context triple: [Pacific locks section, region, Panama Canal Zone area (historical)]
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A.
Panama Canal Zone (historical)
chosen
The Panama Canal Zone was a former U.S.-controlled territory in Panama that encompassed the land surrounding the Panama Canal and served as a strategic corridor for international maritime trade.
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B.
U.S. contiguous zone
The U.S. contiguous zone is a band of ocean adjacent to U.S. territorial waters where the United States exercises limited control to prevent and punish infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration, and sanitary laws.
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C.
Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone
Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone was a U.S. Navy air base notable as the birthplace of future U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain.
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D.
Nicaragua Canal Basin
The Nicaragua Canal Basin is a proposed interoceanic waterway region in Nicaragua envisioned to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via major inland water bodies and surrounding drainage areas.
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E.
Río Muni
Río Muni is the mainland region of Equatorial Guinea, located on the west coast of Central Africa and forming the country’s largest and most populous territory.
- 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_69ca83572d4881909bef3be2b578d539 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5cd807cc819090b58caf285b397a |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf28df657881908c1fc67c2c777cea |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:35 p.m.