Triple
T9916499
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thorold |
E185882
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasHeritage |
P1494
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Welland Canal infrastructure |
E44563
|
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: Welland Canal infrastructure | Statement: [Thorold, hasHeritage, Welland Canal infrastructure]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Welland Canal infrastructure Context triple: [Thorold, hasHeritage, Welland Canal infrastructure]
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A.
Welland Canal
chosen
The Welland Canal is a key Canadian shipping canal that allows vessels to bypass Niagara Falls by connecting Lake Erie with Lake Ontario as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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B.
Welland Canals Centre
The Welland Canals Centre is a museum and visitor facility in St. Catharines, Ontario, dedicated to interpreting the history and operation of the Welland Canal and Great Lakes shipping.
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C.
Rideau Canal locks
The Rideau Canal locks at Merrickville are a historic series of manually operated canal locks that form part of the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal waterway in Ontario, Canada.
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D.
Gage Canal
Gage Canal is a historic irrigation canal in Riverside, California, that played a crucial role in developing the region’s citrus industry and agricultural growth.
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E.
Hamilton Canal
Hamilton Canal is a historic Dutch-era waterway in Sri Lanka that links the coastal town of Negombo with other parts of the western canal network, once used for transporting goods and people.
- 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_69ca829b45f481909040f7b99a1976ed |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb540195881908f25f7dde5c66a75 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d20de277e881908e6d09c8cfee92ba |
completed | April 5, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:42 p.m.