Triple
T13208601
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South Manchuria Railway track |
E314428
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Chinese Eastern Railway
The Chinese Eastern Railway was a strategically important railway built by Imperial Russia across northeastern China, serving as a key link of the Trans-Siberian Railway and a focal point of regional geopolitical competition.
|
E1028728
|
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: Chinese Eastern Railway | Statement: [South Manchuria Railway track, connectedTo, Chinese Eastern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese Eastern Railway Context triple: [South Manchuria Railway track, connectedTo, Chinese Eastern Railway]
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A.
Trans-Manchurian Railway
The Trans-Manchurian Railway is a major rail route linking Russia and China by running from the Trans-Siberian line through Manchuria to connect cities such as Chita and Harbin with Beijing.
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B.
South Manchuria Railway track
The South Manchuria Railway track was a strategically vital Japanese-controlled rail line in northeastern China that became infamous as the staged site of the 1931 Mukden Incident, which Japan used as a pretext to invade Manchuria.
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C.
Trans-Mongolian Railway
The Trans-Mongolian Railway is a major international rail line linking Russia, Mongolia, and China, running from Ulan-Ude through Ulaanbaatar to Beijing as a key route for both passenger travel and freight.
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D.
Baikal–Amur Mainline
The Baikal–Amur Mainline is a major Soviet-era railway line in Russia that runs parallel to the Trans-Siberian Railway, traversing remote regions of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
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E.
East Siberian Railway
The East Siberian Railway is a major regional division of the Russian Railways network that operates key rail lines across Eastern Siberia, supporting both long-distance passenger travel and heavy freight transport.
- 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: Chinese Eastern Railway Triple: [South Manchuria Railway track, connectedTo, Chinese Eastern Railway]
Generated description
The Chinese Eastern Railway was a strategically important railway built by Imperial Russia across northeastern China, serving as a key link of the Trans-Siberian Railway and a focal point of regional geopolitical competition.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese Eastern Railway Target entity description: The Chinese Eastern Railway was a strategically important railway built by Imperial Russia across northeastern China, serving as a key link of the Trans-Siberian Railway and a focal point of regional geopolitical competition.
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A.
Trans-Manchurian Railway
The Trans-Manchurian Railway is a major rail route linking Russia and China by running from the Trans-Siberian line through Manchuria to connect cities such as Chita and Harbin with Beijing.
-
B.
South Manchuria Railway track
The South Manchuria Railway track was a strategically vital Japanese-controlled rail line in northeastern China that became infamous as the staged site of the 1931 Mukden Incident, which Japan used as a pretext to invade Manchuria.
-
C.
Trans-Mongolian Railway
The Trans-Mongolian Railway is a major international rail line linking Russia, Mongolia, and China, running from Ulan-Ude through Ulaanbaatar to Beijing as a key route for both passenger travel and freight.
-
D.
Baikal–Amur Mainline
The Baikal–Amur Mainline is a major Soviet-era railway line in Russia that runs parallel to the Trans-Siberian Railway, traversing remote regions of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
-
E.
East Siberian Railway
The East Siberian Railway is a major regional division of the Russian Railways network that operates key rail lines across Eastern Siberia, supporting both long-distance passenger travel and heavy freight transport.
- 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_69d806aee7308190b70a237ba2a6e3e1 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d98c9cb7ac819095cff8699993c419 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6ff1c9f348190aae39073bdcee84d |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7013a368c8190a768f837f6551f5b |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7038563848190ae96538e30ecafd5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:17 p.m.