Triple
T15284965
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Arthur Stilwell |
E365369
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad was a late 19th-century rail line developed by entrepreneur Arthur Stilwell to connect the U.S. Midwest with a deep-water port on the Gulf of Mexico.
|
E158040
|
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: Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | Statement: [Arthur Stilwell, notableFor, Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Context triple: [Arthur Stilwell, notableFor, Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad]
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A.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
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B.
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway was a major North American freight railroad that operated a core network linking the U.S. Midwest with the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
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C.
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway, commonly known as the Cotton Belt, was a regional U.S. railroad that primarily served the south-central states and later became part of the Southern Pacific system.
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D.
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the Nickel Plate Road, was a prominent Midwestern and Great Lakes region railroad in the United States that operated major freight and passenger services between key industrial cities.
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E.
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
- 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: Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Triple: [Arthur Stilwell, notableFor, Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad]
Generated description
The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad was a late 19th-century rail line developed by entrepreneur Arthur Stilwell to connect the U.S. Midwest with a deep-water port on the Gulf of Mexico.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Target entity description: The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad was a late 19th-century rail line developed by entrepreneur Arthur Stilwell to connect the U.S. Midwest with a deep-water port on the Gulf of Mexico.
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A.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
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B.
Kansas City Southern Railway
chosen
Kansas City Southern Railway was a major North American freight railroad that operated a core network linking the U.S. Midwest with the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
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C.
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway, commonly known as the Cotton Belt, was a regional U.S. railroad that primarily served the south-central states and later became part of the Southern Pacific system.
-
D.
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the Nickel Plate Road, was a prominent Midwestern and Great Lakes region railroad in the United States that operated major freight and passenger services between key industrial cities.
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E.
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
- F. None of above.
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_69d85a103d9081908c1ea6c4c73ac8e3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e00e53c9588190a6cb61ac8805c706 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69feef798a588190981c77e6f4c6be78 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 8:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fef1c3c054819096b1cf2e7887be49 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 8:35 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fef24136c08190add6cbe1c6b2c0e2 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 8:37 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:15 a.m.