Triple
T23254321
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Norfolk Southern Railway main line |
E581822
|
entity |
| Predicate | isBackboneOf |
P2565
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norfolk Southern east-of-Mississippi operations |
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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: Norfolk Southern east-of-Mississippi operations | Statement: [Norfolk Southern Railway main line, isBackboneOf, Norfolk Southern east-of-Mississippi operations]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk Southern east-of-Mississippi operations Context triple: [Norfolk Southern Railway main line, isBackboneOf, Norfolk Southern east-of-Mississippi operations]
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A.
Norfolk Southern Railway
chosen
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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B.
Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line
The Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line is a freight rail corridor in New York State that also hosts Metro-North’s Port Jervis Line commuter service.
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C.
Norfolk Southern Hagerstown District
The Norfolk Southern Hagerstown District is a freight rail line in the eastern United States operated by Norfolk Southern Railway, connecting key points in the Mid-Atlantic region including areas around Hagerstown, Maryland.
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D.
Norfolk Southern Railway lines
Norfolk Southern Railway lines are a major freight rail network in the eastern United States, carrying a wide range of goods across numerous states and key industrial regions.
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E.
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Southern Railway (U.S.) was a major American Class I railroad that operated primarily in the southeastern United States before becoming a key predecessor of Norfolk Southern Railway.
- 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_69e246079f58819085eaa9c260906880 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f193f9d904819097315c9bf031f667 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:11 p.m.