Triple
T11470968
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Iron Ore Company of Canada |
E271904
|
entity |
| Predicate | railwayUsed |
P15040
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway |
E271909
|
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: Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway | Statement: [Iron Ore Company of Canada, railwayUsed, Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway Context triple: [Iron Ore Company of Canada, railwayUsed, Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway]
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A.
Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
chosen
The Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway is a Canadian heavy freight railway primarily used to transport iron ore from mines in northeastern Quebec and western Labrador to ports on the St. Lawrence River.
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B.
Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway
The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway is a regional shortline railway in Nova Scotia, Canada, that provides freight service across the province including the link to Cape Breton Island.
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C.
Ontario Northland Railway
Ontario Northland Railway is a regional rail operator in northeastern Ontario that provides freight and passenger services connecting remote communities with larger urban centers.
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D.
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad is a regional rail line in the northeastern United States and Canada that provides freight transportation across parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Quebec.
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E.
Intercolonial Railway of Canada
The Intercolonial Railway of Canada was a government-owned railway that linked the Maritime provinces with central Canada and played a key role in the country’s early national transportation network.
- 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: railwayUsed Context triple: [Iron Ore Company of Canada, railwayUsed, Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway]
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A.
railwayUse
Indicates that something is used as, or functions in the capacity of, a railway or rail-based transportation facility.
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B.
usesRailInfrastructureOf
chosen
Indicates that one entity operates on, accesses, or otherwise makes use of the rail infrastructure owned or managed by another entity.
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C.
railwayLineUsage
Indicates how a railway line is used, such as the type or purpose of traffic or operations it supports.
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D.
railwayTypeServed
Indicates the type of railway system or service that a given entity (such as a station, line, or facility) is designed to serve or accommodate.
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E.
railroadMet
Indicates that two or more railroads encountered or connected with each other at a specific place or time.
- 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_69d6aae0c8d881908a5a360c0be3242e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d82949e3688190b024a4980666c94f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e6042507c4819096afc2839fda186d |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:47 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d8086ecd6c81908f424864857762d6 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:13 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.