Triple

T21717212
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject CR (historical) E536060 entity
Predicate underlyingCompanyPredecessor P118277 FINISHED
Object Erie Lackawanna Railway 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: Erie Lackawanna Railway | Statement: [CR (historical), underlyingCompanyPredecessor, Erie Lackawanna Railway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erie Lackawanna Railway
Context triple: [CR (historical), underlyingCompanyPredecessor, Erie Lackawanna Railway]
  • A. Erie Lackawanna Railway chosen
    Erie Lackawanna Railway was a mid-20th-century U.S. railroad formed from the merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, known for serving the Northeast and Midwest before its assets were absorbed into Conrail.
  • B. Erie Railroad
    The Erie Railroad was a major 19th- and early 20th-century American railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services across the northeastern United States, particularly linking New York City with the Midwest.
  • C. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
    The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad was a regional U.S. railroad based in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, known for its heavy involvement in transporting steel and industrial freight.
  • D. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
    The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad was a major northeastern U.S. railroad known for its anthracite coal traffic and passenger services, which later became part of the Erie Lackawanna Railway.
  • E. New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
    The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway is a regional freight railroad operating primarily in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, known for serving as a key transportation link in the northeastern United States.
  • 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_69e0c46c6dd88190a595375fa6ebd701 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69efd96babdc81908226ec043dbe7431 completed April 27, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:47 p.m.