Triple

T1022815
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States Railroad Administration E22076 entity
Predicate shortName P43 FINISHED
Object USRA
USRA is the commonly used acronym for the United States Railroad Administration, the U.S. government agency that temporarily nationalized and operated railroads during World War I.
 E121798 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: USRA | Statement: [United States Railroad Administration, shortName, USRA]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: USRA
Context triple: [United States Railroad Administration, shortName, USRA]
  • A. Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
    The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is a nonprofit research organization that advances space- and aeronautics-related science and technology through collaborations with universities and government agencies, including NASA.
  • B. SU
    SU was the two-letter country code used to represent the former Soviet Union in various international standards and systems.
  • C. SU
    SU is the IATA airline designator for Aeroflot, Russia’s flag carrier and largest airline.
  • D. USASC
    USASC is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Army Signal Corps, the branch responsible for the Army’s communications and information systems.
  • E. ORAU
    ORAU is a consortium of American universities that partners with government agencies and national laboratories to advance scientific research, education, and workforce development, particularly in fields related to energy, health, and national security.
  • 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: USRA
Triple: [United States Railroad Administration, shortName, USRA]
Generated description
USRA is the commonly used acronym for the United States Railroad Administration, the U.S. government agency that temporarily nationalized and operated railroads during World War I.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: USRA
Target entity description: USRA is the commonly used acronym for the United States Railroad Administration, the U.S. government agency that temporarily nationalized and operated railroads during World War I.
  • A. Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
    The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is a nonprofit research organization that advances space- and aeronautics-related science and technology through collaborations with universities and government agencies, including NASA.
  • B. SU
    SU was the two-letter country code used to represent the former Soviet Union in various international standards and systems.
  • C. SU
    SU is the IATA airline designator for Aeroflot, Russia’s flag carrier and largest airline.
  • D. USASC
    USASC is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Army Signal Corps, the branch responsible for the Army’s communications and information systems.
  • E. ORAU
    ORAU is a consortium of American universities that partners with government agencies and national laboratories to advance scientific research, education, and workforce development, particularly in fields related to energy, health, and national security.
  • 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_69a493d6e380819097b384986ffc315c completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7e0f8908190bfe0a4cd8b31dfed completed March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac3bb63f14819098f5e32af3b98508 completed March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac3de4fbb88190855cf92af51fe70b completed March 7, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac3e45d9e88190bc88d037c00c3ecc completed March 7, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.