Triple

T19170229
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erie Canal Lock E-4 E469299 entity
Predicate isNumbered P22578 FINISHED
Object E-4
E-4 is a designated lock on New York State’s Erie Canal system, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels along the canal.
E1361585 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: E-4 | Statement: [Erie Canal Lock E-4, isNumbered, E-4]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E-4
Context triple: [Erie Canal Lock E-4, isNumbered, E-4]
  • A. E-3
    E-3 is a U.S. Air Force airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft based on the Boeing 707 airframe, used for long-range surveillance, command, and control.
  • B. E-2A
    E-2A was the Soviet spacecraft bus platform used for early Luna missions such as Luna 3, which photographed the Moon’s far side.
  • C. E14
    E14 is an airport departure gate located within Concourse E.
  • D. E14
    E14 is a European route designation for a major transnational road within the international E-road network.
  • E. E4
    E4 is a British digital television channel from Channel 4, known for airing popular entertainment, comedy, and drama series aimed primarily at younger audiences.
  • 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: E-4
Triple: [Erie Canal Lock E-4, isNumbered, E-4]
Generated description
E-4 is a designated lock on New York State’s Erie Canal system, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels along the canal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E-4
Target entity description: E-4 is a designated lock on New York State’s Erie Canal system, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels along the canal.
  • A. E-3
    E-3 is a U.S. Air Force airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft based on the Boeing 707 airframe, used for long-range surveillance, command, and control.
  • B. E-2A
    E-2A was the Soviet spacecraft bus platform used for early Luna missions such as Luna 3, which photographed the Moon’s far side.
  • C. E14
    E14 is an airport departure gate located within Concourse E.
  • D. E14
    E14 is a European route designation for a major transnational road within the international E-road network.
  • E. E4
    E4 is a major European route and highway running through Sweden, forming a key north–south transport corridor.
  • 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_69d8dd09d5a081909ae43c286651ae5a completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5f163c5888190b4880471d17b4f51 completed April 20, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a06f2639f188190aa87c1b31b5dcb7b completed May 15, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a06f338f504819081daeef10e629afd completed May 15, 2026, 10:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a06f4199a588190943d3d45536a228c completed May 15, 2026, 10:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:06 p.m.