Triple
T20136279
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James J. Andrews |
E491032
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWithRailroad |
P76977
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FINISHED |
| Object | Western and Atlantic Railroad locomotive General |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Western and Atlantic Railroad locomotive General | Statement: [James J. Andrews, associatedWithRailroad, Western and Atlantic Railroad locomotive General]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western and Atlantic Railroad locomotive General Context triple: [James J. Andrews, associatedWithRailroad, Western and Atlantic Railroad locomotive General]
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A.
The General (Western and Atlantic Railroad locomotive)
chosen
The General is a famous 19th-century American steam locomotive best known for its central role in the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase of 1862.
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B.
locomotive William R. Smith
Locomotive William R. Smith was a 19th-century American steam locomotive best known for its role in the events surrounding the Civil War-era Great Locomotive Chase.
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C.
Forney locomotive
The Forney locomotive is a compact 19th-century steam tank locomotive type, notable for its rigid wheelbase and rear-mounted fuel and water tanks, widely used on urban elevated and commuter railways.
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D.
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive
The Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive is a distinctive class of steam engines with the cab placed at the front for crew safety, famously used by the Southern Pacific Railroad to haul trains through long, smoky mountain tunnels and snow sheds in the American West.
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E.
Shay locomotive
The Shay locomotive is a geared steam locomotive design, widely used on logging and industrial railroads for its exceptional low-speed power and ability to handle steep grades and sharp curves.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69da62651a0c8190a3e05e95e056a66b |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e66767ba3881909c2bcb74a986bd29 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:50 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:32 p.m.