Triple

T11423417
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Texas and New Orleans Railroad E270683 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Southern Pacific’s transcontinental route E649258 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: Southern Pacific’s transcontinental route | Statement: [Texas and New Orleans Railroad, partOf, Southern Pacific’s transcontinental route]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Southern Pacific’s transcontinental route
Context triple: [Texas and New Orleans Railroad, partOf, Southern Pacific’s transcontinental route]
  • A. Southern Pacific Siskiyou and Shasta routes
    The Southern Pacific Siskiyou and Shasta routes were mountainous mainlines in Oregon and Northern California known for their steep grades, dramatic scenery, and heavy steam locomotive operations.
  • B. Southern Pacific Overland Route chosen
    The Southern Pacific Overland Route was a major transcontinental rail line in the United States that connected California with the Midwest and East, serving as a key artery for both passenger and freight traffic.
  • C. Union Pacific West Line
    The Union Pacific West Line is a commuter rail route in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs between downtown Chicago and western suburbs, providing daily passenger service as part of the Metra system.
  • D. Southern Pacific Donner Pass line
    The Southern Pacific Donner Pass line is a historic and treacherous trans-Sierra Nevada railroad route in California, renowned for its steep grades, heavy snowfall, and vital role in westward rail transportation.
  • E. BNSF Southern Transcon
    The BNSF Southern Transcon is a major high-capacity freight rail corridor across the southern United States, serving as one of BNSF Railway’s primary routes for transcontinental intermodal and merchandise traffic.
  • 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_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_69e5d36004cc81908222321af88d2903 completed April 20, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.