Triple
T12059955
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Baltimore rail network |
E287140
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFreightOperator |
P39220
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Canton Railroad Company
Canton Railroad Company is a shortline freight railroad serving industrial customers in and around the Port of Baltimore.
|
E964183
|
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: Canton Railroad Company | Statement: [Baltimore rail network, hasFreightOperator, Canton Railroad Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canton Railroad Company Context triple: [Baltimore rail network, hasFreightOperator, Canton Railroad Company]
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A.
Concord Railroad
Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
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B.
Cleveland Railway
Cleveland Railway was a major early 20th-century streetcar and public transit company serving the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
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C.
Wabash Railroad
Wabash Railroad was a major Midwestern American railroad company that operated an extensive network connecting key cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Buffalo during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
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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E.
Erie Railroad
The Erie Railroad was a major 19th- and early 20th-century American railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services across the northeastern United States, particularly linking New York City with the Midwest.
- 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: Canton Railroad Company Triple: [Baltimore rail network, hasFreightOperator, Canton Railroad Company]
Generated description
Canton Railroad Company is a shortline freight railroad serving industrial customers in and around the Port of Baltimore.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canton Railroad Company Target entity description: Canton Railroad Company is a shortline freight railroad serving industrial customers in and around the Port of Baltimore.
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A.
Concord Railroad
Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
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B.
Cleveland Railway
Cleveland Railway was a major early 20th-century streetcar and public transit company serving the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
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C.
Wabash Railroad
Wabash Railroad was a major Midwestern American railroad company that operated an extensive network connecting key cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Buffalo during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
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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E.
Erie Railroad
The Erie Railroad was a major 19th- and early 20th-century American railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services across the northeastern United States, particularly linking New York City with the Midwest.
- 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_69d9043dbccc8190bf9da181f826f0d8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f5f651641c8190bfd1d4d228a36209 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f5ff815b748190932bfe163ea2847d |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f60185ce8c8190abe3b1f633aac55d |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:52 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.