Triple
T11105218
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Pacific Railroad |
E262609
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquisitionCompletedBy |
P22682
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Union Pacific Corporation |
E2147
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Union Pacific Corporation | Statement: [Southern Pacific Railroad, acquisitionCompletedBy, Union Pacific Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Pacific Corporation Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, acquisitionCompletedBy, Union Pacific Corporation]
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A.
Union Pacific Railroad
chosen
Union Pacific Railroad is one of the largest freight rail networks in the United States, operating an extensive system that spans the western two-thirds of the country.
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B.
Santa Fe Pacific Corporation
Santa Fe Pacific Corporation was a diversified American holding company best known for owning and operating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and related natural resource businesses in the late 20th century.
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C.
BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, operating an extensive system that spans the United States and parts of Canada and Mexico.
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D.
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad was a major American railroad company that operated extensive rail networks across the western and southwestern United States from the 19th to the late 20th century.
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E.
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Consolidated Rail Corporation, commonly known as Conrail, was a major U.S. freight railroad created in the 1970s to take over and revitalize the operations of several bankrupt Northeastern railroads.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: acquisitionCompletedBy Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, acquisitionCompletedBy, Union Pacific Corporation]
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A.
acquisitionResultedIn
Indicates that an acquisition event led to a particular outcome, state, or consequence for the involved entities.
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B.
acquisitionAnnouncedBy
Indicates that an acquisition event was publicly announced by the specified announcing entity (such as a company or organization).
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C.
laterAcquiredBy
chosen
Indicates that one entity was acquired by another entity at a later point in time, after some prior state or ownership.
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D.
acquiredWith
Indicates that one entity was obtained, purchased, or gained together with or by means of another entity.
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E.
acquisitionType
Indicates the specific kind or category of acquisition relationship that exists between entities (such as a company buying another company, assets, or a controlling stake).
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69e496a593c4819090d295119ce50e48 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d7441aa3548190b92dbde57841c135 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.