Triple
T16938803
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Piedmont Limited |
E410896
|
entity |
| Predicate | railwayCompany |
P5620
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Southern Railway (U.S.) |
E84776
|
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: Southern Railway (U.S.) | Statement: [Piedmont Limited, railwayCompany, Southern Railway (U.S.)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Railway (U.S.) Context triple: [Piedmont Limited, railwayCompany, Southern Railway (U.S.)]
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A.
Southern Railway (U.S.)
chosen
Southern Railway (U.S.) was a major American Class I railroad that operated primarily in the southeastern United States before becoming a key predecessor of Norfolk Southern Railway.
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B.
Southern Railway
Southern Railway is a major railway line in Austria that connects Vienna with the southern regions and serves as an important international transit route through the Alps.
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C.
Southern Railway
Southern Railway is one of the zones of Indian Railways, administering and operating rail services across much of South India, including Tamil Nadu and parts of neighboring states.
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D.
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line Railroad was a major American railroad that operated in the southeastern United States, known for its prominent passenger services and streamlined trains.
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E.
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was a major Class I railroad in the southeastern United States, formed in 1967 and known for both freight operations and prominent passenger services before becoming part of CSX Transportation.
- 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_69d886c886688190967be07322597ac9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3cf2b88bc8190aeb7b07032478ae3 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a015fb6aff481908cb3d03b229ebf11 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.