Triple
T9147768
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thames and Medway Canal |
E219500
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entity |
| Predicate | hasName |
P744
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Thames and Medway Canal
The Thames and Medway Canal was a 19th-century waterway in southeast England built to provide a direct navigable link between the River Thames and the River Medway, parts of which later became incorporated into railway infrastructure.
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E789508
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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: Thames and Medway Canal | Statement: [Thames and Medway Canal, hasName, Thames and Medway Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thames and Medway Canal Context triple: [Thames and Medway Canal, hasName, Thames and Medway Canal]
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A.
Thames and Severn Canal
The Thames and Severn Canal is a historic English waterway that once linked the River Thames to the River Severn across the Cotswolds, playing a key role in regional trade during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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B.
Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a historic English waterway linking the River Thames at Reading with the River Avon at Bath, renowned for its 19th-century engineering and scenic cruising route.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
- 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: Thames and Medway Canal Triple: [Thames and Medway Canal, hasName, Thames and Medway Canal]
Generated description
The Thames and Medway Canal was a 19th-century waterway in southeast England built to provide a direct navigable link between the River Thames and the River Medway, parts of which later became incorporated into railway infrastructure.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thames and Medway Canal Target entity description: The Thames and Medway Canal was a 19th-century waterway in southeast England built to provide a direct navigable link between the River Thames and the River Medway, parts of which later became incorporated into railway infrastructure.
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A.
Thames and Severn Canal
The Thames and Severn Canal is a historic English waterway that once linked the River Thames to the River Severn across the Cotswolds, playing a key role in regional trade during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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B.
Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a historic English waterway linking the River Thames at Reading with the River Avon at Bath, renowned for its 19th-century engineering and scenic cruising route.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
- 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_69ca83e121dc81909912bd66953081c5 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cca918a3c881909c34a6a682eb2625 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0b194f6e48190ae7e9afa4e2cc912 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0b301659481909c1865884421fcde |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d0b38ae1ec8190b36019d3a642290d |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:20 p.m.