Triple

T11423396
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Texas and New Orleans Railroad E270683 entity
Predicate operatedRoute P18593 FINISHED
Object Houston–Beaumont
Houston–Beaumont refers to the rail corridor in southeast Texas connecting the major cities of Houston and Beaumont, historically served by regional railroads such as the Texas and New Orleans Railroad.
E924641 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: Houston–Beaumont | Statement: [Texas and New Orleans Railroad, operatedRoute, Houston–Beaumont]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houston–Beaumont
Context triple: [Texas and New Orleans Railroad, operatedRoute, Houston–Beaumont]
  • A. Beaumont, Texas
    Beaumont, Texas is an industrial and cultural city in Southeast Texas near the Gulf Coast, known for its oil history and role as a regional education and commerce hub.
  • B. Conroe
    Conroe is a city in southeastern Texas, United States, located north of Houston and known for its rapid growth and proximity to Lake Conroe.
  • C. Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area
    The Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area is an industrial and port-centered region in Southeast Texas known for its petrochemical complexes, shipping facilities, and role in the Gulf Coast energy economy.
  • D. Baytown, Texas
    Baytown, Texas is an industrial city in the Houston metropolitan area known for its petrochemical complexes and location along the Gulf Coast.
  • E. Wills Point, Texas
    Wills Point, Texas is a small rural city in East Texas known for its historic downtown, railroad heritage, and role as a local hub within Van Zandt County.
  • 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: Houston–Beaumont
Triple: [Texas and New Orleans Railroad, operatedRoute, Houston–Beaumont]
Generated description
Houston–Beaumont refers to the rail corridor in southeast Texas connecting the major cities of Houston and Beaumont, historically served by regional railroads such as the Texas and New Orleans Railroad.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houston–Beaumont
Target entity description: Houston–Beaumont refers to the rail corridor in southeast Texas connecting the major cities of Houston and Beaumont, historically served by regional railroads such as the Texas and New Orleans Railroad.
  • A. Beaumont, Texas
    Beaumont, Texas is an industrial and cultural city in Southeast Texas near the Gulf Coast, known for its oil history and role as a regional education and commerce hub.
  • B. Conroe
    Conroe is a city in southeastern Texas, United States, located north of Houston and known for its rapid growth and proximity to Lake Conroe.
  • C. Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area
    The Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area is an industrial and port-centered region in Southeast Texas known for its petrochemical complexes, shipping facilities, and role in the Gulf Coast energy economy.
  • D. Baytown, Texas
    Baytown, Texas is an industrial city in the Houston metropolitan area known for its petrochemical complexes and location along the Gulf Coast.
  • E. Wills Point, Texas
    Wills Point, Texas is a small rural city in East Texas known for its historic downtown, railroad heritage, and role as a local hub within Van Zandt County.
  • 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d801b357e88190ace56d36a945688f completed April 9, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5b8a1e88c8190994bea88a0490e60 completed April 20, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5c28e2dd481909b45a43b5825f393 completed April 20, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5c4722c348190a4c49edb1f6df240 completed April 20, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.