Triple
T1114466
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 |
E11064
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pacific Railway Acts
The Pacific Railway Acts were a series of U.S. federal laws in the 1860s that authorized and subsidized the construction of a transcontinental railroad, dramatically expanding transportation and settlement across the American West.
|
E130610
|
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: Pacific Railway Acts | Statement: [Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862, relatedTo, Pacific Railway Acts]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Railway Acts Context triple: [Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862, relatedTo, Pacific Railway Acts]
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A.
Pacific Railway Act of 1864
The Pacific Railway Act of 1864 was a U.S. federal law that expanded financial incentives and land grants to accelerate construction of the transcontinental railroad by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
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B.
Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862
The Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 was a landmark U.S. federal law that authorized construction of the first transcontinental railroad and provided government support through land grants and bonds.
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C.
First Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was the 19th-century rail line that first connected the eastern and western United States by land, revolutionizing cross-country travel, commerce, and settlement.
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D.
Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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E.
Central Pacific Railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad was a major 19th-century American railroad company that built the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad, linking California to the eastern United States and transforming transportation and commerce.
- 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: Pacific Railway Acts Triple: [Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862, relatedTo, Pacific Railway Acts]
Generated description
The Pacific Railway Acts were a series of U.S. federal laws in the 1860s that authorized and subsidized the construction of a transcontinental railroad, dramatically expanding transportation and settlement across the American West.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Railway Acts Target entity description: The Pacific Railway Acts were a series of U.S. federal laws in the 1860s that authorized and subsidized the construction of a transcontinental railroad, dramatically expanding transportation and settlement across the American West.
-
A.
Pacific Railway Act of 1864
chosen
The Pacific Railway Act of 1864 was a U.S. federal law that expanded financial incentives and land grants to accelerate construction of the transcontinental railroad by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
-
B.
Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862
The Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 was a landmark U.S. federal law that authorized construction of the first transcontinental railroad and provided government support through land grants and bonds.
-
C.
First Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was the 19th-century rail line that first connected the eastern and western United States by land, revolutionizing cross-country travel, commerce, and settlement.
-
D.
Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
-
E.
Central Pacific Railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad was a major 19th-century American railroad company that built the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad, linking California to the eastern United States and transforming transportation and commerce.
- F. None of above.
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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bba161e881908dcd1a66522abf5d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac5ea8abe081908a6f38cb78638740 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac5f248db081908596810839ee6160 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac5fb242488190bf99f63956aeda13 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.