Triple
T1013164
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston) |
E21867
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Boston Elevated Railway |
E85612
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Boston Elevated Railway | Statement: [Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston), precededBy, Boston Elevated Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston Elevated Railway Context triple: [Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston), precededBy, Boston Elevated Railway]
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A.
Boston Elevated Railway
chosen
The Boston Elevated Railway was a former public transit company that operated Boston’s early elevated and streetcar lines before being succeeded by the modern MBTA system known as “the T.”
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B.
Northwestern Elevated Railroad
The Northwestern Elevated Railroad was an early elevated rapid transit line in Chicago that later became part of the city’s unified "L" system.
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C.
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad was an early elevated transit line in Chicago that formed part of the city’s first rapid transit system on the West Side.
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D.
Roosevelt Island Tramway
The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial cable car system in New York City that connects Roosevelt Island to Manhattan, offering both public transit and scenic views of the skyline.
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E.
Mattapan Trolley
The Mattapan Trolley is a historic light rail line in Boston that operates vintage PCC streetcars between Ashmont and Mattapan stations.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a493c68e24819080ed0ee8bcfd5ce0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b7a8b254819089ffed9cb62a6930 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac5e9d99f08190ad72bdb3ab555fec |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.