Triple
T1345250
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sanford, North Carolina |
E28554
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRailLine |
P848
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norfolk Southern Railway |
E11672
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Norfolk Southern Railway | Statement: [Sanford, North Carolina, hasRailLine, Norfolk Southern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk Southern Railway Context triple: [Sanford, North Carolina, hasRailLine, Norfolk Southern Railway]
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A.
Norfolk Southern Railway
chosen
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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B.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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C.
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway was a major American railroad known for its coal-hauling operations and distinctive steam locomotive fleet, which later became part of Norfolk Southern Railway through merger.
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D.
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Consolidated Rail Corporation, commonly known as Conrail, was a major U.S. freight railroad created in the 1970s to take over and revitalize the operations of several bankrupt Northeastern railroads.
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E.
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Southern Railway (U.S.) was a major American Class I railroad that operated primarily in the southeastern United States before becoming a key predecessor of Norfolk Southern Railway.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a49854eb3481908c7d56b2e449a290 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c23d696c8190bb688274280cb680 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad08a7ed5c8190b9f99a6f4524eae8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.