Triple
T11105207
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Pacific Railroad |
E262609
|
entity |
| Predicate | owned |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Texas and New Orleans Railroad |
E270683
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Texas and New Orleans Railroad | Statement: [Southern Pacific Railroad, owned, Texas and New Orleans Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Texas and New Orleans Railroad Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, owned, Texas and New Orleans Railroad]
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A.
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
chosen
The Texas and New Orleans Railroad was a major regional rail carrier in Texas and Louisiana that became a key component of the Southern Pacific system in the American Southwest.
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B.
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad
The New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that connected New Orleans with central Mississippi and played a key role in the development of towns along its route.
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C.
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.
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D.
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
The Houston and Texas Central Railroad was a major 19th-century Texas rail line that played a key role in opening up the state’s interior to settlement, commerce, and economic development.
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E.
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
The St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway was an early 20th-century railroad that helped open and develop South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley by connecting the region to national rail networks.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69e441c3b1788190868fae6919544149 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.