Triple
T1751500
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Allan Pinkerton |
E38452
|
entity |
| Predicate | employedBy |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Illinois Central Railroad |
E147157
|
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: Illinois Central Railroad | Statement: [Allan Pinkerton, employedBy, Illinois Central Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois Central Railroad Context triple: [Allan Pinkerton, employedBy, Illinois Central Railroad]
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A.
Illinois Central Railroad
chosen
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
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B.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
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C.
Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad was an interurban electric railway that once connected Chicago with its western suburbs, playing a key role in regional commuter transit in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Chicago Railways Company
The Chicago Railways Company was a major early 20th-century street railway operator in Chicago that formed a key part of the city’s urban transit system before consolidation into unified public transportation.
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E.
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
The Chicago and North Western Railway Company was a major Midwestern American railroad that operated an extensive network of lines connecting Chicago with the upper Midwest and Great Plains from the 19th through the 20th century.
- 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_69a8862bdb2081908aefe831c8aa8017 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa6411cc788190a052b029dbffa7ca |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada989b368819098b788d099f2f8e4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.