Triple

T10834555
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aberdeen, South Dakota E255717 entity
Predicate servedByRailway P848 FINISHED
Object Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
The Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad is a regional freight railroad operating primarily in the Dakotas, providing transportation services for agricultural and industrial commodities.
E896497 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: Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad | Statement: [Aberdeen, South Dakota, servedByRailway, Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
Context triple: [Aberdeen, South Dakota, servedByRailway, Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad]
  • A. Missouri Pacific Railroad
    Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
  • B. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
    The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was a regional railroad in the Midwestern United States that primarily served agricultural areas by connecting smaller communities to major rail hubs.
  • C. Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
    The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
  • D. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
    The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway was a Midwestern U.S. railroad system that operated extensive regional passenger and freight services, particularly across Wisconsin, Minnesota, and surrounding states.
  • E. St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
    The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
Triple: [Aberdeen, South Dakota, servedByRailway, Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad]
Generated description
The Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad is a regional freight railroad operating primarily in the Dakotas, providing transportation services for agricultural and industrial commodities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
Target entity description: The Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad is a regional freight railroad operating primarily in the Dakotas, providing transportation services for agricultural and industrial commodities.
  • A. Missouri Pacific Railroad
    Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
  • B. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
    The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was a regional railroad in the Midwestern United States that primarily served agricultural areas by connecting smaller communities to major rail hubs.
  • C. Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
    The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
  • D. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
    The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway was a Midwestern U.S. railroad system that operated extensive regional passenger and freight services, particularly across Wisconsin, Minnesota, and surrounding states.
  • E. St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
    The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69d6aa81a5d08190aa86689061d1ddd2 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d74425447081908fb51c7edf54af67 completed April 9, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e2d6c077608190822d66b23866f5eb completed April 18, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e2ff1ddd2c8190b31f5007f7492a4e completed April 18, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3260494bc81909e3dd4829697fb72 completed April 18, 2026, 6:34 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:19 p.m.