Triple
T16687035
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Williamson, West Virginia |
E405488
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRailHistoryWith |
P19012
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norfolk and Western Railway |
E83243
|
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 and Western Railway | Statement: [Williamson, West Virginia, hasRailHistoryWith, Norfolk and Western Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk and Western Railway Context triple: [Williamson, West Virginia, hasRailHistoryWith, Norfolk and Western Railway]
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A.
Norfolk and Western Railway
chosen
Norfolk and Western Railway was a major American railroad known for its coal-hauling operations and distinctive steam locomotive fleet, which later became part of Norfolk Southern Railway through merger.
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B.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a major American railroad best known for hauling Appalachian coal and operating key routes through the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest before becoming part of the modern CSX rail system.
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C.
Norfolk Southern Railway
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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D.
Piedmont and Northern Railway
The Piedmont and Northern Railway was an early 20th-century electric interurban and freight railroad that operated in the Carolinas and later became part of larger southeastern U.S. rail systems.
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E.
Virginian Railway
The Virginian Railway was an early 20th-century American coal-hauling railroad that operated primarily in West Virginia and Virginia, renowned for its efficient, heavy-duty freight operations and later incorporation into the Norfolk and Western 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_69d8838c28748190b3f5967c743940ab |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e37ea63b7081908a055036172f9683 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a009d32e7b48190b7dd4660bed4789d |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.