Triple

T15171171
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brandon Road Lock and Dam E362487 entity
Predicate partOfSystem P840 FINISHED
Object Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system
The Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system is a major interconnected network of locks, dams, and channels that enables commercial barge traffic between the upper Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.
 E1150236 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: Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system | Statement: [Brandon Road Lock and Dam, partOfSystem, Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system
Context triple: [Brandon Road Lock and Dam, partOfSystem, Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system]
  • A. Illinois Waterway system
    The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
  • B. Great Lakes waterway
    The Great Lakes waterway is a system of natural and artificial channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
  • C. Mississippi River navigation route
    The Mississippi River navigation route is a major inland waterway system that supports extensive commercial shipping and transportation through the central United States.
  • D. McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
    The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a major inland waterway project that transforms the Arkansas River and connected channels into a navigable route for commercial shipping between the Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.
  • E. Ohio River navigation system
    The Ohio River navigation system is a network of locks, dams, and channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation along the Ohio River and its connected waterways.
  • 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: Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system
Triple: [Brandon Road Lock and Dam, partOfSystem, Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system]
Generated description
The Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system is a major interconnected network of locks, dams, and channels that enables commercial barge traffic between the upper Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system
Target entity description: The Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system is a major interconnected network of locks, dams, and channels that enables commercial barge traffic between the upper Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.
  • A. Illinois Waterway system
    The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
  • B. Great Lakes waterway
    The Great Lakes waterway is a system of natural and artificial channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
  • C. Mississippi River navigation route
    The Mississippi River navigation route is a major inland waterway system that supports extensive commercial shipping and transportation through the central United States.
  • D. McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
    The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a major inland waterway project that transforms the Arkansas River and connected channels into a navigable route for commercial shipping between the Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.
  • E. Ohio River navigation system
    The Ohio River navigation system is a network of locks, dams, and channels that enables commercial and recreational navigation along the Ohio River and its connected waterways.
  • 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_69d85a087b7c81908baa94a53dac8d68 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0064ec56481909f11fa6e5686f076 completed April 15, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fef88dd1fc8190b6cdabf6c24c2712 completed May 9, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fefbea222081908d6e2e1a1d9a0492 completed May 9, 2026, 9:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fefc1e9a088190820953ad6137b183 completed May 9, 2026, 9:19 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.