Triple
T1290450
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Class I freight railroads in the United States |
E27533
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicallyIncluded |
P12102
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island Railroad was a major American railroad that operated across the Midwest and Southwest, known for its extensive freight and passenger services before its bankruptcy and liquidation in the 1980s.
|
E148588
|
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: Rock Island Railroad | Statement: [Class I freight railroads in the United States, historicallyIncluded, Rock Island Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rock Island Railroad Context triple: [Class I freight railroads in the United States, historicallyIncluded, Rock Island Railroad]
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A.
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
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B.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
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C.
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
The Chicago and North Western Railway Company was a major Midwestern American railroad that operated an extensive network of lines connecting Chicago with the upper Midwest and Great Plains from the 19th through the 20th century.
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D.
Chicago Railways Company
The Chicago Railways Company was a major early 20th-century street railway operator in Chicago that formed a key part of the city’s urban transit system before consolidation into unified public transportation.
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E.
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.
- 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: Rock Island Railroad Triple: [Class I freight railroads in the United States, historicallyIncluded, Rock Island Railroad]
Generated description
Rock Island Railroad was a major American railroad that operated across the Midwest and Southwest, known for its extensive freight and passenger services before its bankruptcy and liquidation in the 1980s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rock Island Railroad Target entity description: Rock Island Railroad was a major American railroad that operated across the Midwest and Southwest, known for its extensive freight and passenger services before its bankruptcy and liquidation in the 1980s.
-
A.
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
-
B.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
-
C.
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
The Chicago and North Western Railway Company was a major Midwestern American railroad that operated an extensive network of lines connecting Chicago with the upper Midwest and Great Plains from the 19th through the 20th century.
-
D.
Chicago Railways Company
The Chicago Railways Company was a major early 20th-century street railway operator in Chicago that formed a key part of the city’s urban transit system before consolidation into unified public transportation.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69acb2ff0d4c8190893901e041f30171 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acb364f2d88190b20ad87001349562 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acb3ce7720819095558536e0a978b8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.