Triple
T15965854
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NS Washington District |
E387188
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norfolk Southern network |
E11672
|
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: Norfolk Southern network | Statement: [NS Washington District, partOf, Norfolk Southern network]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk Southern network Context triple: [NS Washington District, partOf, Norfolk Southern network]
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A.
Norfolk Southern Railway
chosen
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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B.
Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line
The Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line is a freight rail corridor in New York State that also hosts Metro-North’s Port Jervis Line commuter service.
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C.
Southern rail network
The Southern rail network is a major commuter and regional railway system in southern England, serving London and surrounding counties with frequent suburban and interurban services.
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D.
Piedmont railway network
The Piedmont railway network is the regional rail system serving Italy’s Piedmont region, connecting its cities and towns through an integrated web of passenger and freight lines.
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E.
Norfolk Southern Railway main line
The Norfolk Southern Railway main line is a major freight and passenger rail corridor in the eastern United States operated by Norfolk Southern Railway.
- 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_69d86da94ccc819083d187f5dc6a123e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e157258b3c8190a72c868bd055ed94 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffbe87149081909ac6129126f597c2 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 11:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.