Triple

T1422817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive E30261 entity
Predicate classificationBySP P28915 FINISHED
Object AC-9
The AC-9 was a class of massive 2-8-8-4 articulated steam locomotives built for the Southern Pacific Railroad, notable for their conventional (non-cab-forward) design and use in heavy freight service.
E168627 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: AC-9 | Statement: [Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive, classificationBySP, AC-9]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AC-9
Context triple: [Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive, classificationBySP, AC-9]
  • A. AC-8
    AC-8 was a class of Southern Pacific Railroad articulated steam locomotives in the distinctive cab-forward configuration, used primarily for heavy freight service over mountainous routes in the early 20th century.
  • B. AC-5
    AC-5 was a class of Southern Pacific Railroad cab-forward articulated steam locomotives built in the late 1920s for heavy freight service over mountainous routes.
  • C. C-9
    C-9 is a mountain railway line of Madrid’s Cercanías commuter rail network that connects the city with the Sierra de Guadarrama, including the Puerto de Navacerrada and Cotos areas.
  • D. Ramport Aero
    Ramport Aero is the company responsible for managing and operating Zhukovsky International Airport near Moscow, Russia.
  • E. C-7
    C-7 is a commuter rail line in the Cercanías Madrid network that connects central Madrid with various suburban areas.
  • 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: AC-9
Triple: [Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive, classificationBySP, AC-9]
Generated description
The AC-9 was a class of massive 2-8-8-4 articulated steam locomotives built for the Southern Pacific Railroad, notable for their conventional (non-cab-forward) design and use in heavy freight service.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AC-9
Target entity description: The AC-9 was a class of massive 2-8-8-4 articulated steam locomotives built for the Southern Pacific Railroad, notable for their conventional (non-cab-forward) design and use in heavy freight service.
  • A. AC-8
    AC-8 was a class of Southern Pacific Railroad articulated steam locomotives in the distinctive cab-forward configuration, used primarily for heavy freight service over mountainous routes in the early 20th century.
  • B. AC-5
    AC-5 was a class of Southern Pacific Railroad cab-forward articulated steam locomotives built in the late 1920s for heavy freight service over mountainous routes.
  • C. C-9
    C-9 is a mountain railway line of Madrid’s Cercanías commuter rail network that connects the city with the Sierra de Guadarrama, including the Puerto de Navacerrada and Cotos areas.
  • D. Ramport Aero
    Ramport Aero is the company responsible for managing and operating Zhukovsky International Airport near Moscow, Russia.
  • E. C-7
    C-7 is a commuter rail line in the Cercanías Madrid network that connects central Madrid with various suburban areas.
  • 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_69a498fb823c8190a67ce4c4837e641a completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c9df014081908a6e2f41ba012ecc completed March 1, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad159c0a6881909a1c4e213209dc84 completed March 8, 2026, 6:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad164d4cfc8190a1be23c814b6b18f completed March 8, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad16a5c76c8190a0bb3ccf5557b1b0 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.