Triple

T13885051
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vermont Railway E333819 entity
Predicate operatesRoute P3695 FINISHED
Object Burlington – Rutland line
The Burlington–Rutland line is a regional rail corridor in Vermont connecting the cities of Burlington and Rutland, primarily used for freight service.
E1067958 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: Burlington – Rutland line | Statement: [Vermont Railway, operatesRoute, Burlington – Rutland line]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burlington – Rutland line
Context triple: [Vermont Railway, operatesRoute, Burlington – Rutland line]
  • A. Burlington Route
    Burlington Route was the popular name for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, a major Midwestern U.S. railroad known for its extensive passenger and freight services.
  • B. Boston–Albany rail corridor
    The Boston–Albany rail corridor is a key east–west passenger and freight rail route linking Boston, Massachusetts with Albany, New York across the heart of New England.
  • C. Portland–St. Johnsbury line
    The Portland–St. Johnsbury line was a key Maine Central Railroad route that connected Portland, Maine with St. Johnsbury, Vermont, facilitating regional freight and passenger service across northern New England.
  • D. Providence/Stoughton Line
    The Providence/Stoughton Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail route connecting Boston with Providence, Rhode Island and Stoughton, Massachusetts.
  • E. Boston–Concord main line
    The Boston–Concord main line was a principal intercity rail corridor in New England that connected Boston, Massachusetts with Concord, New Hampshire, serving as a key route for the Boston and Maine Railroad.
  • 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: Burlington – Rutland line
Triple: [Vermont Railway, operatesRoute, Burlington – Rutland line]
Generated description
The Burlington–Rutland line is a regional rail corridor in Vermont connecting the cities of Burlington and Rutland, primarily used for freight service.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burlington – Rutland line
Target entity description: The Burlington–Rutland line is a regional rail corridor in Vermont connecting the cities of Burlington and Rutland, primarily used for freight service.
  • A. Burlington Route
    Burlington Route was the popular name for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, a major Midwestern U.S. railroad known for its extensive passenger and freight services.
  • B. Boston–Albany rail corridor
    The Boston–Albany rail corridor is a key east–west passenger and freight rail route linking Boston, Massachusetts with Albany, New York across the heart of New England.
  • C. Portland–St. Johnsbury line
    The Portland–St. Johnsbury line was a key Maine Central Railroad route that connected Portland, Maine with St. Johnsbury, Vermont, facilitating regional freight and passenger service across northern New England.
  • D. Providence/Stoughton Line
    The Providence/Stoughton Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail route connecting Boston with Providence, Rhode Island and Stoughton, Massachusetts.
  • E. Boston–Concord main line
    The Boston–Concord main line was a principal intercity rail corridor in New England that connected Boston, Massachusetts with Concord, New Hampshire, serving as a key route for the Boston and Maine Railroad.
  • 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_69d81c5dd2d48190b7a5fc1e009de936 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de23a101488190bd790b28033d38b9 completed April 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7c716166c8190a6323f8c01de06a5 completed May 3, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c868bdfc8190a13379363d01568d completed May 3, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c976e96c8190b59f46d9b758e8e2 completed May 3, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.