Triple
T1290435
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Class I freight railroads in the United States |
E27533
|
entity |
| Predicate | includes |
P1393
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway was a major North American freight railroad that operated a core network linking the U.S. Midwest with the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
|
E158040
|
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: Kansas City Southern Railway | Statement: [Class I freight railroads in the United States, includes, Kansas City Southern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kansas City Southern Railway Context triple: [Class I freight railroads in the United States, includes, Kansas City Southern Railway]
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A.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
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B.
Texas and Pacific Railway
The Texas and Pacific Railway was a major 19th- and 20th-century American railroad that operated across Texas and into the southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional transportation and economic development.
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C.
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
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D.
Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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E.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was a major American railroad that became one of the largest and most influential rail systems in the United States, central to the development of the Southwest.
- 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: Kansas City Southern Railway Triple: [Class I freight railroads in the United States, includes, Kansas City Southern Railway]
Generated description
Kansas City Southern Railway was a major North American freight railroad that operated a core network linking the U.S. Midwest with the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kansas City Southern Railway Target entity description: Kansas City Southern Railway was a major North American freight railroad that operated a core network linking the U.S. Midwest with the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
-
A.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
-
B.
Texas and Pacific Railway
The Texas and Pacific Railway was a major 19th- and 20th-century American railroad that operated across Texas and into the southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional transportation and economic development.
-
C.
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
-
D.
Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
-
E.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was a major American railroad that became one of the largest and most influential rail systems in the United States, central to the development of the Southwest.
- 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_69a496d4ec448190ad653b2590c46711 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c0d6af908190ade9c481cc6f0ad8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acd4729af08190a6de5388dab69fee |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acd4efb73881908dda4973befc6aa5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acd56ef0b081909df2efee97a4197c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.