Triple
T15157177
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Railway Express Agency v. New York |
E362107
|
entity |
| Predicate | plaintiff |
P660
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Railway Express Agency, Inc.
Railway Express Agency, Inc. was a major American nationwide package delivery and express shipping company that operated primarily via the railroad network in the first half of the 20th century.
|
E1140388
|
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: Railway Express Agency, Inc. | Statement: [Railway Express Agency v. New York, plaintiff, Railway Express Agency, Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Railway Express Agency, Inc. Context triple: [Railway Express Agency v. New York, plaintiff, Railway Express Agency, Inc.]
-
A.
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.
-
B.
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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C.
Federal Passenger Company
Federal Passenger Company is a major Russian rail operator responsible for long-distance passenger train services across Russia and neighboring countries.
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D.
Transrail Freight
Transrail Freight was a British rail freight company that emerged from the privatization and restructuring of the former state-owned freight operations.
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E.
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.
- 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: Railway Express Agency, Inc. Triple: [Railway Express Agency v. New York, plaintiff, Railway Express Agency, Inc.]
Generated description
Railway Express Agency, Inc. was a major American nationwide package delivery and express shipping company that operated primarily via the railroad network in the first half of the 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Railway Express Agency, Inc. Target entity description: Railway Express Agency, Inc. was a major American nationwide package delivery and express shipping company that operated primarily via the railroad network in the first half of the 20th century.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Federal Passenger Company
Federal Passenger Company is a major Russian rail operator responsible for long-distance passenger train services across Russia and neighboring countries.
-
D.
Transrail Freight
Transrail Freight was a British rail freight company that emerged from the privatization and restructuring of the former state-owned freight operations.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69d85a0759908190b8a051d2e2a1cbe6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0060c62b08190bcdbd912d011d1ba |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69febff87b6c819097f5cc99b2d75fb6 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fec1c2ce5c81909e2df69e4cf80344 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fec25d50548190a056d6bb1297e780 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.