Triple

T951965
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Volkerak E20540 entity
Predicate locatedOnWaterway P4361 FINISHED
Object Scheldt–Rhine Canal
The Scheldt–Rhine Canal is a major shipping canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct navigable link between the Scheldt and Rhine river systems, facilitating international maritime and inland transport.
E144463 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: Scheldt–Rhine Canal | Statement: [Volkerak, locatedOnWaterway, Scheldt–Rhine Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scheldt–Rhine Canal
Context triple: [Volkerak, locatedOnWaterway, Scheldt–Rhine Canal]
  • A. Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
    The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
  • B. North Sea Canal
    The North Sea Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links Amsterdam to the North Sea, enabling seagoing vessels to access the city’s port.
  • C. Van Starkenborghkanaal
    The Van Starkenborghkanaal is a key Dutch shipping canal in the province of Groningen that forms part of an important east–west inland waterway connection in the northern Netherlands.
  • D. Wilhelmina Canal
    The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
  • E. Rhine–Scheldt connection
    The Rhine–Scheldt connection is a major Dutch inland waterway system linking the Rhine and Scheldt river basins to facilitate international shipping between the North Sea ports and the European hinterland.
  • 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: Scheldt–Rhine Canal
Triple: [Volkerak, locatedOnWaterway, Scheldt–Rhine Canal]
Generated description
The Scheldt–Rhine Canal is a major shipping canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct navigable link between the Scheldt and Rhine river systems, facilitating international maritime and inland transport.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scheldt–Rhine Canal
Target entity description: The Scheldt–Rhine Canal is a major shipping canal in the Netherlands that provides a direct navigable link between the Scheldt and Rhine river systems, facilitating international maritime and inland transport.
  • A. Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
    The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.
  • B. North Sea Canal
    The North Sea Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links Amsterdam to the North Sea, enabling seagoing vessels to access the city’s port.
  • C. Van Starkenborghkanaal
    The Van Starkenborghkanaal is a key Dutch shipping canal in the province of Groningen that forms part of an important east–west inland waterway connection in the northern Netherlands.
  • D. Wilhelmina Canal
    The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
  • E. Rhine–Scheldt connection
    The Rhine–Scheldt connection is a major Dutch inland waterway system linking the Rhine and Scheldt river basins to facilitate international shipping between the North Sea ports and the European hinterland.
  • 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_69a493b0f2fc81908cd227480a5356a1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b3d757d08190a475cf47febd05ae completed March 1, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac9968ff4c81909e8e454b7e1e9137 completed March 7, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac9a04f5f88190922a49ad5c83d794 completed March 7, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac9a793e7081908374e1a8e9fe3137 completed March 7, 2026, 9:36 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.