Triple

T15434025
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Monon Railroad E369712 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object New Albany and Salem Railroad
The New Albany and Salem Railroad was an early Indiana railway line that later became known as the Monon Railroad, a key north–south route in the state’s rail network.
E1156513 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: New Albany and Salem Railroad | Statement: [Monon Railroad, formerName, New Albany and Salem Railroad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Albany and Salem Railroad
Context triple: [Monon Railroad, formerName, New Albany and Salem Railroad]
  • A. Sandersville Railroad
    Sandersville Railroad is a shortline freight railroad based in Sandersville, Georgia, primarily serving local kaolin clay and industrial customers and connecting them to larger national rail networks.
  • B. Concord Railroad
    Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
  • C. Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
    The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was a pioneering 19th-century rail line in Missouri, notable as one of the first railroads to cross the state and for carrying early Pony Express mail.
  • D. Macon and Western Railroad
    The Macon and Western Railroad was a 19th-century Georgia rail line that played a key logistical role for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, including in the Atlanta Campaign.
  • E. Covington and Ohio Railroad
    The Covington and Ohio Railroad was a 19th-century American railway company that became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway through consolidation.
  • 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: New Albany and Salem Railroad
Triple: [Monon Railroad, formerName, New Albany and Salem Railroad]
Generated description
The New Albany and Salem Railroad was an early Indiana railway line that later became known as the Monon Railroad, a key north–south route in the state’s rail network.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Albany and Salem Railroad
Target entity description: The New Albany and Salem Railroad was an early Indiana railway line that later became known as the Monon Railroad, a key north–south route in the state’s rail network.
  • A. Sandersville Railroad
    Sandersville Railroad is a shortline freight railroad based in Sandersville, Georgia, primarily serving local kaolin clay and industrial customers and connecting them to larger national rail networks.
  • B. Concord Railroad
    Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
  • C. Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
    The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was a pioneering 19th-century rail line in Missouri, notable as one of the first railroads to cross the state and for carrying early Pony Express mail.
  • D. Macon and Western Railroad
    The Macon and Western Railroad was a 19th-century Georgia rail line that played a key logistical role for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, including in the Atlanta Campaign.
  • E. Covington and Ohio Railroad
    The Covington and Ohio Railroad was a 19th-century American railway company that became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway through consolidation.
  • 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_69d85a19180081909925012fbf4e62a3 completed April 10, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03eda01cc8190843e23b260b8503c completed April 16, 2026, 1:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff1a8546948190a69ae1306bc19c64 completed May 9, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff1bd48e548190b6b38507e8d1a1c8 completed May 9, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff1c51d84c8190bb039c029b7efdbe completed May 9, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:21 a.m.