Triple

T20600054
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clinton River E506151 entity
Predicate hasTributary P415 FINISHED
Object Clinton River Cutoff Canal
The Clinton River Cutoff Canal is a man-made waterway in southeastern Michigan designed to redirect and manage the flow of the Clinton River for flood control and navigation.
E1440064 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: Clinton River Cutoff Canal | Statement: [Clinton River, hasTributary, Clinton River Cutoff Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clinton River Cutoff Canal
Context triple: [Clinton River, hasTributary, Clinton River Cutoff Canal]
  • A. Crosscut Canal
    The Crosscut Canal is a historic waterway in the Phoenix, Arizona area that diverts and distributes irrigation water from the region’s main canal system to local agricultural and urban users.
  • B. Barkley Canal
    Barkley Canal is a man-made waterway in western Kentucky that links Kentucky Lake with Lake Barkley, enabling navigation between the two reservoirs.
  • C. Olene Gap Canal
    Olene Gap Canal is an irrigation waterway in southern Oregon that diverts flows from the Lost River to support regional agriculture.
  • D. Blackstone Canal
    The Blackstone Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in the northeastern United States that played a key role in early industrial transportation and the development of mill towns in the Blackstone Valley.
  • E. Feeder Canal
    The Feeder Canal is an artificial waterway in Bristol, England, that connects the River Avon to Bristol Harbour and helps regulate water levels for the city’s docks.
  • 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: Clinton River Cutoff Canal
Triple: [Clinton River, hasTributary, Clinton River Cutoff Canal]
Generated description
The Clinton River Cutoff Canal is a man-made waterway in southeastern Michigan designed to redirect and manage the flow of the Clinton River for flood control and navigation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clinton River Cutoff Canal
Target entity description: The Clinton River Cutoff Canal is a man-made waterway in southeastern Michigan designed to redirect and manage the flow of the Clinton River for flood control and navigation.
  • A. Crosscut Canal
    The Crosscut Canal is a historic waterway in the Phoenix, Arizona area that diverts and distributes irrigation water from the region’s main canal system to local agricultural and urban users.
  • B. Barkley Canal
    Barkley Canal is a man-made waterway in western Kentucky that links Kentucky Lake with Lake Barkley, enabling navigation between the two reservoirs.
  • C. Olene Gap Canal
    Olene Gap Canal is an irrigation waterway in southern Oregon that diverts flows from the Lost River to support regional agriculture.
  • D. Blackstone Canal
    The Blackstone Canal is a historic 19th-century waterway in the northeastern United States that played a key role in early industrial transportation and the development of mill towns in the Blackstone Valley.
  • E. Feeder Canal
    The Feeder Canal is an artificial waterway in Bristol, England, that connects the River Avon to Bristol Harbour and helps regulate water levels for the city’s docks.
  • 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_69e0b4ba6ae88190af871e1f9522c704 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6aa1ef9ac8190b05e23c149529cb9 completed April 20, 2026, 10:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08b3f11f088190b384b6d283ca3ffc completed May 16, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08b58a598c819096740660d6e3c036 completed May 16, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08b62bc9b88190b3772f11c8335741 completed May 16, 2026, 6:23 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:41 a.m.