Triple
T1022830
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States Railroad Administration |
E22076
|
entity |
| Predicate | headOfGovernmentTitle |
P329
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Director General of Railroads
The Director General of Railroads was the top federal official responsible for overseeing and operating U.S. railroads during the period of government control in World War I.
|
E121799
|
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: Director General of Railroads | Statement: [United States Railroad Administration, headOfGovernmentTitle, Director General of Railroads]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Director General of Railroads Context triple: [United States Railroad Administration, headOfGovernmentTitle, Director General of Railroads]
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A.
Chief Executive
The Chief Executive is the top political leader and head of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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B.
State Rail Authority
The State Rail Authority was a former New South Wales government agency responsible for operating and managing the state's suburban, intercity, and country passenger rail services.
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C.
United States Secretary of Transportation
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation, responsible for overseeing national transportation policy, infrastructure, and safety across air, land, and sea.
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D.
Postmaster General of the United States
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
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E.
Minister of Transport of Japan
The Minister of Transport of Japan is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s transportation policy, infrastructure, and related regulatory affairs.
- 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: Director General of Railroads Triple: [United States Railroad Administration, headOfGovernmentTitle, Director General of Railroads]
Generated description
The Director General of Railroads was the top federal official responsible for overseeing and operating U.S. railroads during the period of government control in World War I.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Director General of Railroads Target entity description: The Director General of Railroads was the top federal official responsible for overseeing and operating U.S. railroads during the period of government control in World War I.
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A.
Chief Executive
The Chief Executive is the top political leader and head of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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B.
State Rail Authority
The State Rail Authority was a former New South Wales government agency responsible for operating and managing the state's suburban, intercity, and country passenger rail services.
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C.
United States Secretary of Transportation
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation, responsible for overseeing national transportation policy, infrastructure, and safety across air, land, and sea.
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D.
Postmaster General of the United States
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
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E.
Minister of Transport of Japan
The Minister of Transport of Japan is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s transportation policy, infrastructure, and related regulatory affairs.
- 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.