Triple
T20495669
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Nelson |
E502865
|
entity |
| Predicate | appearsIn |
P795
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kansas Pacific |
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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: Kansas Pacific | Statement: [John Nelson, appearsIn, Kansas Pacific]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kansas Pacific Context triple: [John Nelson, appearsIn, Kansas Pacific]
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A.
Kansas Pacific
chosen
"Kansas Pacific" is a 1953 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden, set during the Civil War and centered on efforts to build a strategic railroad line across Kansas.
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B.
Kansas Pacific Railway
The Kansas Pacific Railway was a 19th-century American railroad that formed part of the first transcontinental rail network, linking Kansas to the western frontier and facilitating regional settlement and commerce.
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C.
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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D.
Colorado Central Railroad
The Colorado Central Railroad was a 19th-century narrow-gauge railroad in Colorado that played a key role in serving the region’s mining communities and connecting mountain towns to larger rail networks.
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E.
Pacific Railroad (Missouri)
Pacific Railroad (Missouri) was one of the earliest major railroads in Missouri, playing a key role in developing rail transport from St. Louis westward in the mid-19th century.
- 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_69e0b4b0373881909dd3e9387f82eab4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e69cbd2dfc81908204f7bfa8a763b6 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:35 a.m.