Triple
T11988278
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Trevilian Station |
E285338
|
entity |
| Predicate | railroadInvolved |
P76977
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Virginia Central Railroad |
E305227
|
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: Virginia Central Railroad | Statement: [Battle of Trevilian Station, railroadInvolved, Virginia Central Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia Central Railroad Context triple: [Battle of Trevilian Station, railroadInvolved, Virginia Central Railroad]
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A.
Virginia Central Railroad
chosen
The Virginia Central Railroad was a 19th-century Virginia railway that played a key role in regional transportation and Civil War logistics before becoming a principal predecessor of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
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B.
Virginian Railway
The Virginian Railway was an early 20th-century American coal-hauling railroad that operated primarily in West Virginia and Virginia, renowned for its efficient, heavy-duty freight operations and later incorporation into the Norfolk and Western Railway.
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C.
Richmond and Danville Railroad
The Richmond and Danville Railroad was a major 19th-century American railway system centered in Virginia and the southeastern United States that played a significant role in regional commerce and Civil War logistics.
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D.
Richmond and York River Railroad
The Richmond and York River Railroad was a 19th-century rail line in Virginia that played a strategic role in the American Civil War, particularly in the Peninsula Campaign.
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E.
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
The Richmond and Petersburg Railroad was a 19th-century rail line in Virginia that played a key role in connecting Richmond to southern routes and later became part of larger systems like the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
- 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_69d6ab44a77c8190a652f4b27164e4ef |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d903ae28708190a826bad1624343eb |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f472492ebc8190b064e691bb70e356 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 9:28 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.