Triple
T22258866
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boston and Maine Railroad branch line |
E550164
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entity |
| Predicate | partOfNetwork |
P840
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FINISHED |
| Object | Boston and Maine Railroad network |
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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: Boston and Maine Railroad network | Statement: [Boston and Maine Railroad branch line, partOfNetwork, Boston and Maine Railroad network]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston and Maine Railroad network Context triple: [Boston and Maine Railroad branch line, partOfNetwork, Boston and Maine Railroad network]
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A.
Boston–Maine rail network
chosen
The Boston–Maine rail network was a regional railroad system in New England that connected major cities and towns, notably linking Boston with communities throughout Maine and neighboring states.
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B.
Boston and Maine Railroad
The Boston and Maine Railroad was a major New England railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and surrounding states from the 19th through the mid-20th century.
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C.
Boston and Maine Railroad main line
The Boston and Maine Railroad main line was a major New England rail corridor that formed the core route of the Boston and Maine Railroad, connecting Boston with key cities and towns across northern Massachusetts and beyond.
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D.
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central Railroad was a major New England railroad that operated extensive freight and passenger services across Maine and neighboring states from the 19th through the 20th century.
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E.
New England rail network
The New England rail network is the interconnected system of freight and passenger rail lines serving the six New England states, historically built by numerous regional railroads and still vital to the region’s transportation and economy.
- 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_69e11e42adb8819087714772ea606709 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f138c4bff48190b4be83f5f7677ac8 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:39 p.m.