Triple
T14149293
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjamin Holladay |
E350631
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entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company
The Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company was a 19th-century American stagecoach and mail transport enterprise that operated major overland routes across the western United States under the ownership of transportation magnate Benjamin Holladay.
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E1081732
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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: Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company | Statement: [Benjamin Holladay, employer, Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company Context triple: [Benjamin Holladay, employer, Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company]
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A.
Adams Express Company
Adams Express Company was one of the earliest and largest American express and freight delivery firms of the 19th century, playing a major role in the development of commercial transportation and logistics in the United States.
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B.
Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company
The Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company was a 19th-century American transportation and mail service firm best known for running the famed Pony Express across the western United States.
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C.
Butterfield Overland Mail
Butterfield Overland Mail was a 19th-century stagecoach service that carried mail and passengers across the United States on one of the earliest transcontinental routes before the advent of the transcontinental railroad.
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D.
Randolph, Elder and Company
Randolph, Elder and Company was the original shipbuilding firm that evolved into the prominent Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on the River Clyde in Scotland.
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E.
National Freight Corporation
National Freight Corporation was a major British state-owned road haulage and logistics company that played a central role in the UK’s freight transport industry in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company Triple: [Benjamin Holladay, employer, Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company]
Generated description
The Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company was a 19th-century American stagecoach and mail transport enterprise that operated major overland routes across the western United States under the ownership of transportation magnate Benjamin Holladay.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company Target entity description: The Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company was a 19th-century American stagecoach and mail transport enterprise that operated major overland routes across the western United States under the ownership of transportation magnate Benjamin Holladay.
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A.
Adams Express Company
Adams Express Company was one of the earliest and largest American express and freight delivery firms of the 19th century, playing a major role in the development of commercial transportation and logistics in the United States.
-
B.
Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company
The Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company was a 19th-century American transportation and mail service firm best known for running the famed Pony Express across the western United States.
-
C.
Butterfield Overland Mail
Butterfield Overland Mail was a 19th-century stagecoach service that carried mail and passengers across the United States on one of the earliest transcontinental routes before the advent of the transcontinental railroad.
-
D.
Randolph, Elder and Company
Randolph, Elder and Company was the original shipbuilding firm that evolved into the prominent Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on the River Clyde in Scotland.
-
E.
National Freight Corporation
National Freight Corporation was a major British state-owned road haulage and logistics company that played a central role in the UK’s freight transport industry in the mid-20th century.
- 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_69d827865f608190b311820428ae027b |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de61237ef481909374c1f68a2370b7 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcdf205c788190920b5055f9fe63a8 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 6:51 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fce266b2a08190998f04913064e43f |
completed | May 7, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fce2cd8cb481908e3e5a421e732948 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 7:06 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:55 a.m.