Triple

T15774974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Yard E382465 entity
Predicate adjacentTo P224 FINISHED
Object Howard interlocking
Howard interlocking is a major railroad signal and track-junction installation located near Howard Yard in Chicago, used to control train movements through a complex network of tracks.
E1175652 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: Howard interlocking | Statement: [Howard Yard, adjacentTo, Howard interlocking]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard interlocking
Context triple: [Howard Yard, adjacentTo, Howard interlocking]
  • A. Harold Interlocking
    Harold Interlocking is a major and complex railroad junction in Queens, New York, that serves as a key convergence point for Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak trains heading into and out of Penn Station.
  • B. Keith-Albee circuit
    The Keith-Albee circuit was a major early 20th-century American vaudeville theater chain that played a central role in the development of the modern entertainment industry.
  • C. Strub system
    The Strub system is a type of rack railway mechanism that uses a central toothed rail to provide additional traction and braking on steep gradients.
  • D. Harold Interlocking, Queens
    Harold Interlocking, Queens is a major railroad junction and signal complex in Queens, New York City, serving as a key hub for Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, and NJ Transit trains approaching and departing Penn Station.
  • E. Lowell Connector
    The Lowell Connector is a short freeway spur in Lowell, Massachusetts, that links the city to the larger interstate highway network.
  • 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: Howard interlocking
Triple: [Howard Yard, adjacentTo, Howard interlocking]
Generated description
Howard interlocking is a major railroad signal and track-junction installation located near Howard Yard in Chicago, used to control train movements through a complex network of tracks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard interlocking
Target entity description: Howard interlocking is a major railroad signal and track-junction installation located near Howard Yard in Chicago, used to control train movements through a complex network of tracks.
  • A. Harold Interlocking
    Harold Interlocking is a major and complex railroad junction in Queens, New York, that serves as a key convergence point for Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak trains heading into and out of Penn Station.
  • B. Keith-Albee circuit
    The Keith-Albee circuit was a major early 20th-century American vaudeville theater chain that played a central role in the development of the modern entertainment industry.
  • C. Strub system
    The Strub system is a type of rack railway mechanism that uses a central toothed rail to provide additional traction and braking on steep gradients.
  • D. Harold Interlocking, Queens
    Harold Interlocking, Queens is a major railroad junction and signal complex in Queens, New York City, serving as a key hub for Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, and NJ Transit trains approaching and departing Penn Station.
  • E. Lowell Connector
    The Lowell Connector is a short freeway spur in Lowell, Massachusetts, that links the city to the larger interstate highway network.
  • 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_69d86da09a10819082fe9797b23e4664 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e05198c1588190a65e23c18443eb5c completed April 16, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff877e67b881908a67b9acc79d998f completed May 9, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff88358e408190a8d7424fc495d4fa completed May 9, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff88f192a08190acbc2c3fc98c65c8 completed May 9, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:47 a.m.