Triple
T22043750
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Montana Territory |
E544706
|
entity |
| Predicate | railroadExpansion |
P24517
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Pacific Railway |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Northern Pacific Railway | Statement: [Montana Territory, railroadExpansion, Northern Pacific Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Pacific Railway Context triple: [Montana Territory, railroadExpansion, Northern Pacific Railway]
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A.
Northern Pacific Railway
chosen
The Northern Pacific Railway was a major transcontinental railroad in the northern United States that played a key role in opening and developing the Pacific Northwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Northern Pacific
The Northern Pacific is the northern portion of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing vast open waters and numerous island groups and archipelagos across the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad was a historic rail line in Northern California that connected the San Francisco Bay Area to communities throughout Marin, Sonoma, and Humboldt counties, supporting regional passenger and freight transport.
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D.
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad was a major American railroad company that operated extensive rail networks across the western and southwestern United States from the 19th to the late 20th century.
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E.
Northern Pacific Railway and Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway and Great Northern Railway were major transcontinental railroads in the northern United States that played a key role in the region’s economic development and were central to early 20th-century railroad consolidations.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: railroadExpansion Context triple: [Montana Territory, railroadExpansion, Northern Pacific Railway]
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A.
railroadMet
Indicates that two or more railroads encountered or connected with each other at a specific place or time.
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B.
railroadNetwork
chosen
Indicates a relationship where locations are connected as part of the same system of railway lines and infrastructure used for train transport.
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C.
openedAsRailroad
Indicates that a transportation line or route was originally inaugurated and operated as a railroad.
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D.
railroad
Indicates that one entity constructs, operates, or provides railroad or train transportation services for another entity or area.
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E.
lightRailExpansion
Indicates the process or plan of extending an existing light rail transit system to cover additional areas or routes.
- F. None of above.
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_69e11e32445c8190ab97089b48a130bb |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1282d5bb08190849d5084962bf3a5 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e6f643ca74819083e8ab78e843f243 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:25 p.m.