Triple
T5444503
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chester railway station |
E122213
|
entity |
| Predicate | near |
P350
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Chester Canal
The Chester Canal is a historic waterway in Cheshire, England, now part of the Shropshire Union Canal, that once played a key role in regional trade and transport.
|
E524653
|
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: Chester Canal | Statement: [Chester railway station, near, Chester Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chester Canal Context triple: [Chester railway station, near, Chester Canal]
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A.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
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B.
Lancaster Canal
Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Severn Canal
The Severn Canal is a historic Canadian waterway segment that forms part of the Trent–Severn Waterway, linking inland lakes and rivers for navigation across central Ontario.
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D.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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E.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
- 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: Chester Canal Triple: [Chester railway station, near, Chester Canal]
Generated description
The Chester Canal is a historic waterway in Cheshire, England, now part of the Shropshire Union Canal, that once played a key role in regional trade and transport.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chester Canal Target entity description: The Chester Canal is a historic waterway in Cheshire, England, now part of the Shropshire Union Canal, that once played a key role in regional trade and transport.
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A.
Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal is a historic English waterway running through Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire, known for its restored locks, rural scenery, and role in the region’s industrial heritage.
-
B.
Lancaster Canal
Lancaster Canal is a historic English waterway in North West England, renowned for its lock-free main line and scenic rural route that supported regional trade during the Industrial Revolution.
-
C.
Severn Canal
The Severn Canal is a historic Canadian waterway segment that forms part of the Trent–Severn Waterway, linking inland lakes and rivers for navigation across central Ontario.
-
D.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
-
E.
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
- 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_69bd4640f52c81909e653ec361f66d76 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd91ce3e4081908e11a731416c0378 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf77b24ac081908bae47b74c53eef0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf790025188190ad6b7010321c3db9 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf794a74a48190867e2b20504c133f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:07 p.m.