Triple
T11698712
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
E278064
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
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FINISHED |
| Object | Chicago and South Bend Railroad |
E278064
|
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: Chicago and South Bend Railroad | Statement: [Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, predecessor, Chicago and South Bend Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago and South Bend Railroad Context triple: [Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, predecessor, Chicago and South Bend Railroad]
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A.
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
chosen
The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad is an interurban electric railroad in the Midwest that historically operated passenger and freight service between Chicago, Illinois, and South Bend, Indiana.
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B.
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, commonly known as the Monon Railroad, was a regional railroad that connected key Midwestern cities and played a significant role in the transportation network of Indiana and surrounding states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
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D.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
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E.
Chicago and Alton Railroad
The Chicago and Alton Railroad was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century Midwestern U.S. railroad that connected Chicago with central and southern Illinois and Missouri, playing a key role in regional passenger and freight transport.
- 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_69d6aafe02d881909900d54ad7d4af84 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a47df68c81908a91919a69b4880d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ef147e2e10819085eaed83fd955b6b |
completed | April 27, 2026, 7:47 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.