Triple
T14580452
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Metuchen station |
E342177
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerOperator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Conrail |
E24202
|
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: Conrail | Statement: [Metuchen station, formerOperator, Conrail]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conrail Context triple: [Metuchen station, formerOperator, Conrail]
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A.
Conrail
chosen
Conrail was a major U.S. freight railroad formed in the 1970s to take over and revitalize the operations of several bankrupt Northeastern railroads.
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B.
Pan Am Railways
Pan Am Railways was a regional freight railroad in New England, formerly known as Guilford Rail System, that operated an extensive network across the northeastern United States.
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C.
Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate Road, formally known as the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, was a prominent Midwestern U.S. railroad famed for its fast freight service and iconic steam locomotives.
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D.
Amtrak
Amtrak is the United States’ national passenger railroad service, operating intercity and long-distance trains across much of the country.
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E.
Bush Terminal Railroad
Bush Terminal Railroad was an industrial switching railroad in Brooklyn, New York, that served the extensive Bush Terminal waterfront and warehouse complex by connecting its piers and factories to the region’s main rail lines.
- 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_69d822ddc0f081909cd8163c7de298cd |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb3f6f78c81908a30ecb4c025299d |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd94b832b08190965b727baa700403 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:24 a.m.