Triple
T12058007
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J. D. Irving, Limited |
E287091
|
entity |
| Predicate | subsidiary |
P258
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
New Brunswick Railway Company
The New Brunswick Railway Company is a Canadian transportation and land-holding firm historically involved in rail operations in New Brunswick and now part of the diversified conglomerate J.D. Irving, Limited.
|
E962392
|
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: New Brunswick Railway Company | Statement: [J. D. Irving, Limited, subsidiary, New Brunswick Railway Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Brunswick Railway Company Context triple: [J. D. Irving, Limited, subsidiary, New Brunswick Railway Company]
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A.
New York and Ottawa Railway
The New York and Ottawa Railway was a historic cross-border rail line that connected New York State with Ottawa, Canada, facilitating regional passenger and freight transport in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
New York, Ontario and Western Railway
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway was a regional railroad in the northeastern United States that primarily served upstate New York and parts of Pennsylvania, known for hauling coal and dairy products before its mid-20th-century abandonment.
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C.
Canada Southern Railway
Canada Southern Railway was a 19th- and early 20th-century railway company that operated a key east–west main line across southern Ontario, providing an important international link between the U.S. and Canada.
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D.
Central New England Railway
The Central New England Railway was a regional railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, primarily serving communities in New York and New England during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
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.
- 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: New Brunswick Railway Company Triple: [J. D. Irving, Limited, subsidiary, New Brunswick Railway Company]
Generated description
The New Brunswick Railway Company is a Canadian transportation and land-holding firm historically involved in rail operations in New Brunswick and now part of the diversified conglomerate J.D. Irving, Limited.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Brunswick Railway Company Target entity description: The New Brunswick Railway Company is a Canadian transportation and land-holding firm historically involved in rail operations in New Brunswick and now part of the diversified conglomerate J.D. Irving, Limited.
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A.
New York and Ottawa Railway
The New York and Ottawa Railway was a historic cross-border rail line that connected New York State with Ottawa, Canada, facilitating regional passenger and freight transport in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
New York, Ontario and Western Railway
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway was a regional railroad in the northeastern United States that primarily served upstate New York and parts of Pennsylvania, known for hauling coal and dairy products before its mid-20th-century abandonment.
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C.
Canada Southern Railway
Canada Southern Railway was a 19th- and early 20th-century railway company that operated a key east–west main line across southern Ontario, providing an important international link between the U.S. and Canada.
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D.
Central New England Railway
The Central New England Railway was a regional railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, primarily serving communities in New York and New England during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
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.
- 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_69d6ab4780948190bdb9f7620c2ac27e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9043bf0ec8190a51ef2641808320c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f49df216bc8190933e08f495f4d22f |
completed | May 1, 2026, 12:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f53d96c3f08190847ba49929b7628f |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f564ed64008190bfbeaf0991a7c2b8 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.