Triple
T11105234
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Pacific Railroad |
E262609
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableLocomotiveClass |
P1305
|
FINISHED |
| Object | GS-4 4-8-4 steam locomotives |
E504061
|
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: GS-4 4-8-4 steam locomotives | Statement: [Southern Pacific Railroad, notableLocomotiveClass, GS-4 4-8-4 steam locomotives]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GS-4 4-8-4 steam locomotives Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, notableLocomotiveClass, GS-4 4-8-4 steam locomotives]
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A.
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive is a powerful steam engine from the famed Santa Fe Railway, known for hauling high-speed passenger and heavy freight trains across the American West in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Forney locomotive
The Forney locomotive is a compact 19th-century steam tank locomotive type, notable for its rigid wheelbase and rear-mounted fuel and water tanks, widely used on urban elevated and commuter railways.
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C.
USRA Heavy Mountain 4-8-2
The USRA Heavy Mountain 4-8-2 was a standardized World War I–era American steam locomotive design built for heavy passenger and fast freight service, featuring a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement and robust construction for demanding mainline duties.
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D.
Union Pacific Big Boy class locomotives
The Union Pacific Big Boy class locomotives were massive 4-8-8-4 articulated steam engines built for Union Pacific Railroad, famed as some of the largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever constructed.
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E.
Southern Pacific GS-4
chosen
The Southern Pacific GS-4 is a class of streamlined 4-8-4 "Northern" steam locomotives built in the 1940s for the Southern Pacific Railroad, renowned for their distinctive orange and red "Daylight" livery and high-speed passenger service.
- 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_69e42d7016908190bb7aadadacb5b50f |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.