Triple

T19422871
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dartmouth, Nova Scotia E485901 entity
Predicate traversedBy P225 FINISHED
Object Shubenacadie Canal system
The Shubenacadie Canal system is a historic waterway in Nova Scotia that linked Halifax Harbour to the Bay of Fundy via a chain of rivers and lakes, playing an important role in 19th-century transportation and commerce.
E1375907 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: Shubenacadie Canal system | Statement: [Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, traversedBy, Shubenacadie Canal system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shubenacadie Canal system
Context triple: [Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, traversedBy, Shubenacadie Canal system]
  • A. Pawtucket Canal
    The Pawtucket Canal is a historic industrial waterway in Lowell, Massachusetts, that played a key role in powering the city’s 19th-century textile mills and shaping early American industrialization.
  • B. Turners Falls Canal
    Turners Falls Canal is a historic 19th-century industrial waterway in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, built to harness the Connecticut River’s power for mills and navigation.
  • C. Lewes and Rehoboth Canal
    The Lewes and Rehoboth Canal is a man-made waterway in Sussex County, Delaware, that connects the Delaware Bay to Rehoboth Bay and forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
  • D. Maine inland waterway system
    The Maine inland waterway system is a network of interconnected rivers, bays, and channels that provides sheltered navigation routes along Maine’s coast and interior.
  • E. Quabbin Aqueduct
    The Quabbin Aqueduct is a major water conveyance tunnel in Massachusetts that transports drinking water from the Quabbin Reservoir system to the greater Boston area.
  • 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: Shubenacadie Canal system
Triple: [Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, traversedBy, Shubenacadie Canal system]
Generated description
The Shubenacadie Canal system is a historic waterway in Nova Scotia that linked Halifax Harbour to the Bay of Fundy via a chain of rivers and lakes, playing an important role in 19th-century transportation and commerce.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shubenacadie Canal system
Target entity description: The Shubenacadie Canal system is a historic waterway in Nova Scotia that linked Halifax Harbour to the Bay of Fundy via a chain of rivers and lakes, playing an important role in 19th-century transportation and commerce.
  • A. Pawtucket Canal
    The Pawtucket Canal is a historic industrial waterway in Lowell, Massachusetts, that played a key role in powering the city’s 19th-century textile mills and shaping early American industrialization.
  • B. Turners Falls Canal
    Turners Falls Canal is a historic 19th-century industrial waterway in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, built to harness the Connecticut River’s power for mills and navigation.
  • C. Lewes and Rehoboth Canal
    The Lewes and Rehoboth Canal is a man-made waterway in Sussex County, Delaware, that connects the Delaware Bay to Rehoboth Bay and forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway.
  • D. Maine inland waterway system
    The Maine inland waterway system is a network of interconnected rivers, bays, and channels that provides sheltered navigation routes along Maine’s coast and interior.
  • E. Quabbin Aqueduct
    The Quabbin Aqueduct is a major water conveyance tunnel in Massachusetts that transports drinking water from the Quabbin Reservoir system to the greater Boston area.
  • 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_69d8e8d688f881909c85104a62e09d8a completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e632169d9c81909a88704c6beb8fe0 completed April 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0733d1d4148190b7dae069a76e7041 completed May 15, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0735ce9a348190af1d3f58f1bb26cd completed May 15, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0736c250708190a6f9ac2364038432 completed May 15, 2026, 3:07 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:37 p.m.