Triple
T11105206
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Pacific Railroad |
E262609
|
entity |
| Predicate | owned |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway, commonly known as the Cotton Belt, was a regional U.S. railroad that primarily served the south-central states and later became part of the Southern Pacific system.
|
E905526
|
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: St. Louis Southwestern Railway | Statement: [Southern Pacific Railroad, owned, St. Louis Southwestern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Louis Southwestern Railway Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, owned, St. Louis Southwestern Railway]
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A.
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway was a major North American freight railroad that operated a core network linking the U.S. Midwest with the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
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B.
St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
The St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad was a regional U.S. railroad line that operated in the early 20th century, later becoming part of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) system.
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C.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway was a prominent Southern U.S. railroad that connected key cities across Tennessee and neighboring states, playing a major role in regional transportation and commerce in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railroad
The Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railroad was a regional shortline railroad that operated freight and limited passenger service in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana.
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E.
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.
- 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: St. Louis Southwestern Railway Triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, owned, St. Louis Southwestern Railway]
Generated description
St. Louis Southwestern Railway, commonly known as the Cotton Belt, was a regional U.S. railroad that primarily served the south-central states and later became part of the Southern Pacific system.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Louis Southwestern Railway Target entity description: St. Louis Southwestern Railway, commonly known as the Cotton Belt, was a regional U.S. railroad that primarily served the south-central states and later became part of the Southern Pacific system.
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A.
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway was a major North American freight railroad that operated a core network linking the U.S. Midwest with the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
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B.
St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
The St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad was a regional U.S. railroad line that operated in the early 20th century, later becoming part of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) system.
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C.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway was a prominent Southern U.S. railroad that connected key cities across Tennessee and neighboring states, playing a major role in regional transportation and commerce in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railroad
The Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railroad was a regional shortline railroad that operated freight and limited passenger service in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69d6aa9a40d88190a373e2c7e48285db |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d79a2e319881909e66d3c0c73b56bc |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e42d7016908190bb7aadadacb5b50f |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e42f3dd02c8190b40bc692c24b2ff4 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e4375eaf448190a17f8df1e83145e0 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.