Triple
T8788198
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Balboa |
E209094
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | former U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone |
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: former U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone | Statement: [Balboa, partOf, former U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: former U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone Context triple: [Balboa, partOf, former U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone]
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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.
Panama Canal Department
The Panama Canal Department was a former U.S. Army administrative and military command responsible for the defense and operations of the Panama Canal Zone.
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C.
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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D.
United Nations Trust Territory
The United Nations Trust Territory was a post–World War II Pacific island administration overseen by the United States under UN trusteeship, established to guide several Micronesian island groups, including the Marshall Islands, toward self-governance and eventual independence.
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E.
Panama Canal watershed
The Panama Canal watershed is the extensive drainage basin in central Panama that collects rainfall and feeds the locks and lakes essential for the operation of the Panama Canal.
- 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_69ca836168108190bb43d3dc235c1f55 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5f89a84c819085d4cfe4e6dfbda8 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfba0313d88190b646dbd34b5c424a |
completed | April 3, 2026, 1 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:43 p.m.