Triple

T19062565
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lock CS20 E466569 entity
Predicate category P87 FINISHED
Object Locks on the New York State Canal System
Locks on the New York State Canal System are engineered structures that raise and lower boats along New York’s interconnected canals, including the Erie Canal, to accommodate changes in water level.
E1355708 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: Locks on the New York State Canal System | Statement: [Lock CS20, category, Locks on the New York State Canal System]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Locks on the New York State Canal System
Context triple: [Lock CS20, category, Locks on the New York State Canal System]
  • A. Oswego Canal lock system
    The Oswego Canal lock system is a series of navigation locks in New York State that enable vessels to travel between the Erie Canal and Lake Ontario by managing changes in water elevation.
  • B. Erie Canal Flight of Five Locks
    The Erie Canal Flight of Five Locks is a historic series of canal locks in Lockport, New York, that dramatically raised and lowered boats along the Erie Canal and stands today as a prominent feat of 19th-century engineering.
  • C. Cayuga–Seneca Canal locks
    The Cayuga–Seneca Canal locks are a series of navigation locks in New York State that connect Cayuga and Seneca Lakes to the Erie Canal, enabling boat traffic and water level management along the waterway.
  • D. Inland Waterway System of the United States
    The Inland Waterway System of the United States is an extensive network of interconnected rivers, canals, and coastal routes that supports commercial shipping, recreation, and transportation across much of the country.
  • E. Ohio and Erie Canal locks
    The Ohio and Erie Canal locks are historic canal structures built in the 19th century to raise and lower boats along the Ohio and Erie Canal, a major waterway that once linked Lake Erie with the Ohio River and spurred regional development.
  • 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: Locks on the New York State Canal System
Triple: [Lock CS20, category, Locks on the New York State Canal System]
Generated description
Locks on the New York State Canal System are engineered structures that raise and lower boats along New York’s interconnected canals, including the Erie Canal, to accommodate changes in water level.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Locks on the New York State Canal System
Target entity description: Locks on the New York State Canal System are engineered structures that raise and lower boats along New York’s interconnected canals, including the Erie Canal, to accommodate changes in water level.
  • A. Oswego Canal lock system
    The Oswego Canal lock system is a series of navigation locks in New York State that enable vessels to travel between the Erie Canal and Lake Ontario by managing changes in water elevation.
  • B. Erie Canal Flight of Five Locks
    The Erie Canal Flight of Five Locks is a historic series of canal locks in Lockport, New York, that dramatically raised and lowered boats along the Erie Canal and stands today as a prominent feat of 19th-century engineering.
  • C. Cayuga–Seneca Canal locks
    The Cayuga–Seneca Canal locks are a series of navigation locks in New York State that connect Cayuga and Seneca Lakes to the Erie Canal, enabling boat traffic and water level management along the waterway.
  • D. Inland Waterway System of the United States
    The Inland Waterway System of the United States is an extensive network of interconnected rivers, canals, and coastal routes that supports commercial shipping, recreation, and transportation across much of the country.
  • E. Ohio and Erie Canal locks
    The Ohio and Erie Canal locks are historic canal structures built in the 19th century to raise and lower boats along the Ohio and Erie Canal, a major waterway that once linked Lake Erie with the Ohio River and spurred regional development.
  • 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_69d8dd040fb881909af2a964f65ad208 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5e195ac048190a57b57e585d022d4 completed April 20, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05c55dec9881908d56c270e538463d completed May 14, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05c66f7efc8190859bf4ca53012d1d completed May 14, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05c6f11fd88190be6fd8c235e3d269 completed May 14, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:03 p.m.