Triple
T23119242
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hamilton McKown Twombly |
E576843
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Chicago and Northwestern Railroad |
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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: Chicago and Northwestern Railroad | Statement: [Hamilton McKown Twombly, employer, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Context triple: [Hamilton McKown Twombly, employer, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad]
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A.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
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B.
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
chosen
The Chicago and North Western Railway Company was a major Midwestern American railroad that operated an extensive network of lines connecting Chicago with the upper Midwest and Great Plains from the 19th through the 20th century.
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C.
Chicago and Erie Railroad
The Chicago and Erie Railroad was a regional American railroad that connected Chicago with points in Indiana and Ohio, serving as an important Midwestern freight and passenger route in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was a major Midwestern U.S. railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services, notably connecting Chicago with cities across the Great Plains and Southwest, until its final liquidation in the 1980s.
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E.
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
- 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_69e245f6c2e881909a228fdcfeb7c7d3 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18e4ece5481908d05b4b1e6a07db3 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:59 p.m.