Triple
T10761283
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cape to Cairo Railway project |
E253831
|
entity |
| Predicate | includesSection |
P1393
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cape Town–Bulawayo railway
The Cape Town–Bulawayo railway is a major southern African rail line linking Cape Town in South Africa with Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, historically significant as a key north–south transport corridor.
|
E884631
|
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: Cape Town–Bulawayo railway | Statement: [Cape to Cairo Railway project, includesSection, Cape Town–Bulawayo railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Town–Bulawayo railway Context triple: [Cape to Cairo Railway project, includesSection, Cape Town–Bulawayo railway]
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A.
Johannesburg–Swaziland line
The Johannesburg–Swaziland line is a railway route in southern Africa that connects Johannesburg in South Africa with Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), serving as an important corridor for regional transport and trade.
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B.
Johannesburg–Richards Bay line
The Johannesburg–Richards Bay line is a major South African heavy-haul railway corridor that links the inland economic hub around Johannesburg with the deep-water port of Richards Bay, primarily for bulk freight such as coal.
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C.
Savanna railway
The Savanna railway is a historic Colombian rail line that serves the Bogotá savanna region, including the town of Zipaquirá, and is now best known for its tourist and heritage train services.
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D.
Livingstone–Lusaka–Kabwe–Ndola line
The Livingstone–Lusaka–Kabwe–Ndola line is a principal north–south railway route in Zambia that links major urban and industrial centers from the southern border at Livingstone through the capital Lusaka to the Copperbelt region.
-
E.
Southern African rail network
The Southern African rail network is a regional system of interconnected railway lines linking multiple countries in Southern Africa to support trade, passenger transport, and economic integration.
- 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: Cape Town–Bulawayo railway Triple: [Cape to Cairo Railway project, includesSection, Cape Town–Bulawayo railway]
Generated description
The Cape Town–Bulawayo railway is a major southern African rail line linking Cape Town in South Africa with Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, historically significant as a key north–south transport corridor.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Town–Bulawayo railway Target entity description: The Cape Town–Bulawayo railway is a major southern African rail line linking Cape Town in South Africa with Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, historically significant as a key north–south transport corridor.
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A.
Johannesburg–Swaziland line
The Johannesburg–Swaziland line is a railway route in southern Africa that connects Johannesburg in South Africa with Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), serving as an important corridor for regional transport and trade.
-
B.
Johannesburg–Richards Bay line
The Johannesburg–Richards Bay line is a major South African heavy-haul railway corridor that links the inland economic hub around Johannesburg with the deep-water port of Richards Bay, primarily for bulk freight such as coal.
-
C.
Savanna railway
The Savanna railway is a historic Colombian rail line that serves the Bogotá savanna region, including the town of Zipaquirá, and is now best known for its tourist and heritage train services.
-
D.
Livingstone–Lusaka–Kabwe–Ndola line
The Livingstone–Lusaka–Kabwe–Ndola line is a principal north–south railway route in Zambia that links major urban and industrial centers from the southern border at Livingstone through the capital Lusaka to the Copperbelt region.
-
E.
Southern African rail network
The Southern African rail network is a regional system of interconnected railway lines linking multiple countries in Southern Africa to support trade, passenger transport, and economic integration.
- 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_69d6aa5f54f4819082d0bbcb6f8797e6 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d731a230ac8190920439076aaeb91e |
completed | April 9, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69de2351db9c8190983ac834ea069fb4 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69de271ee56c81908d2f690f31c2d2db |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69de2dff4a048190823c8b5f1f7ea548 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 12:07 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:16 p.m.