Triple

T23079246
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography E575420 entity
Predicate operatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object Confederate inland waterways
Confederate inland waterways were the network of rivers, canals, and interior waterways within the Confederate States that served as crucial routes for military transport, supply, and naval operations during the American Civil War.
E1570041 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: Confederate inland waterways | Statement: [Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, operatedIn, Confederate inland waterways]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate inland waterways
Context triple: [Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, operatedIn, Confederate inland waterways]
  • A. Black Warrior–Tombigbee Waterway
    The Black Warrior–Tombigbee Waterway is a major navigable river and canal system in the southeastern United States that connects central Alabama’s interior to the Gulf of Mexico, supporting commercial shipping, industry, and regional economic development.
  • B. Mississippi River forts
    Mississippi River forts are a series of historic military fortifications built along the Mississippi River to control navigation, defend strategic ports and cities, and influence trade and military movements, especially during the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • C. Tennessee River navigation system
    The Tennessee River navigation system is an integrated network of dams, locks, and reservoirs managed primarily by the Tennessee Valley Authority to enable commercial navigation, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation along the Tennessee River.
  • D. Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
    The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is a man-made navigation route linking the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico, providing an alternative inland shipping corridor to the Mississippi River system.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Confederate inland waterways
Triple: [Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, operatedIn, Confederate inland waterways]
Generated description
Confederate inland waterways were the network of rivers, canals, and interior waterways within the Confederate States that served as crucial routes for military transport, supply, and naval operations during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate inland waterways
Target entity description: Confederate inland waterways were the network of rivers, canals, and interior waterways within the Confederate States that served as crucial routes for military transport, supply, and naval operations during the American Civil War.
  • A. Black Warrior–Tombigbee Waterway
    The Black Warrior–Tombigbee Waterway is a major navigable river and canal system in the southeastern United States that connects central Alabama’s interior to the Gulf of Mexico, supporting commercial shipping, industry, and regional economic development.
  • B. Mississippi River forts
    Mississippi River forts are a series of historic military fortifications built along the Mississippi River to control navigation, defend strategic ports and cities, and influence trade and military movements, especially during the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • C. Tennessee River navigation system
    The Tennessee River navigation system is an integrated network of dams, locks, and reservoirs managed primarily by the Tennessee Valley Authority to enable commercial navigation, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation along the Tennessee River.
  • D. Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
    The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is a man-made navigation route linking the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico, providing an alternative inland shipping corridor to the Mississippi River system.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69e245be28d48190ad1348d5a73db37d completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18c6572d88190afab0dfa960a85dd completed April 29, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c15aec9508190ae8eedb3e2615097 completed May 19, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c166786108190813262e7c7be832e completed May 19, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c16c73140819088d46d4e8b03c7a4 completed May 19, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:56 p.m.