Triple

T12488920
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Byron Kilbourn E298509 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad
The Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad was a 19th-century Wisconsin railway company that played a key role in connecting Milwaukee with the Mississippi River region and advancing regional commerce and settlement.
E991425 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: Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad | Statement: [Byron Kilbourn, founded, Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad
Context triple: [Byron Kilbourn, founded, Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad]
  • A. Milwaukee Road
    The Milwaukee Road was a major American railroad that operated an extensive Midwestern and Pacific Northwest network, noted especially for its electrified mountain routes and eventual bankruptcy in the late 20th century.
  • B. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
    The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad was an interurban electric railway that operated between Chicago and Milwaukee, providing high-speed commuter and intercity service along the Lake Michigan shoreline in the early to mid-20th century.
  • C. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
    The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road, was a major Midwestern and transcontinental U.S. railroad renowned for its electrified lines and passenger services.
  • D. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
    The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was a regional railroad in the Midwestern United States that primarily served agricultural areas by connecting smaller communities to major rail hubs.
  • E. Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
    The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad was a historic rail line in the Midwestern United States that connected southern Michigan and northern Indiana to resort and timber regions along Lake Michigan and into northern Michigan.
  • 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: Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad
Triple: [Byron Kilbourn, founded, Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad]
Generated description
The Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad was a 19th-century Wisconsin railway company that played a key role in connecting Milwaukee with the Mississippi River region and advancing regional commerce and settlement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad
Target entity description: The Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad was a 19th-century Wisconsin railway company that played a key role in connecting Milwaukee with the Mississippi River region and advancing regional commerce and settlement.
  • A. Milwaukee Road
    The Milwaukee Road was a major American railroad that operated an extensive Midwestern and Pacific Northwest network, noted especially for its electrified mountain routes and eventual bankruptcy in the late 20th century.
  • B. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
    The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad was an interurban electric railway that operated between Chicago and Milwaukee, providing high-speed commuter and intercity service along the Lake Michigan shoreline in the early to mid-20th century.
  • C. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
    The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road, was a major Midwestern and transcontinental U.S. railroad renowned for its electrified lines and passenger services.
  • D. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
    The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was a regional railroad in the Midwestern United States that primarily served agricultural areas by connecting smaller communities to major rail hubs.
  • E. Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
    The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad was a historic rail line in the Midwestern United States that connected southern Michigan and northern Indiana to resort and timber regions along Lake Michigan and into northern Michigan.
  • 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_69d6ada377208190a36011199a4d8558 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94de1db9481909ddf70eb81cdb714 completed April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6556e9180819084ddb984754b0b54 completed May 2, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f656a6dafc81908acf59c0ba65189a completed May 2, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f65b4d109c8190b48c71f664e7bb3f completed May 2, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.