Triple

T8879158
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Delaware Route 1 E211363 entity
Predicate crosses P416 FINISHED
Object Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.
E764776 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: Chesapeake & Delaware Canal | Statement: [Delaware Route 1, crosses, Chesapeake & Delaware Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Context triple: [Delaware Route 1, crosses, Chesapeake & Delaware Canal]
  • A. Delaware and Raritan Canal
    The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in central New Jersey that once served as a major transportation route and now forms the backbone of a popular linear state park and recreation corridor.
  • B. C&O Canal
    The C&O Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway and towpath along the Potomac River, now preserved as a national historical park popular for hiking, biking, and exploring early American transportation history.
  • C. Cape May Canal
    Cape May Canal is a man-made waterway in southern New Jersey that forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway, providing a sheltered navigation route between the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
  • D. Lewes and Rehoboth Canal
    The Lewes and Rehoboth Canal is a man-made waterway in Sussex County, Delaware, that connects the Delaware Bay to Rehoboth Bay and forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
  • E. Delaware and Hudson Canal
    The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
  • 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: Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Triple: [Delaware Route 1, crosses, Chesapeake & Delaware Canal]
Generated description
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Target entity description: The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.
  • A. Delaware and Raritan Canal
    The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in central New Jersey that once served as a major transportation route and now forms the backbone of a popular linear state park and recreation corridor.
  • B. C&O Canal
    The C&O Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway and towpath along the Potomac River, now preserved as a national historical park popular for hiking, biking, and exploring early American transportation history.
  • C. Cape May Canal
    Cape May Canal is a man-made waterway in southern New Jersey that forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway, providing a sheltered navigation route between the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
  • D. Lewes and Rehoboth Canal
    The Lewes and Rehoboth Canal is a man-made waterway in Sussex County, Delaware, that connects the Delaware Bay to Rehoboth Bay and forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
  • E. Delaware and Hudson Canal
    The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
  • 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_69ca838e78748190934d82db3104f855 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc614ad1908190a77808fcf7f3e531 completed April 1, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfabb87c3481908cf11f2e246f42eb completed April 3, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfacc9b53081909bd3505cff0a7722 completed April 3, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfad6fff348190b0491ba38d2e6ce5 completed April 3, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:52 p.m.