Triple
T23322526
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William A. Fuller |
E591191
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedLocomotiveInPursuit |
P60891
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William R. Smith (locomotive) |
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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: William R. Smith (locomotive) | Statement: [William A. Fuller, usedLocomotiveInPursuit, William R. Smith (locomotive)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William R. Smith (locomotive) Context triple: [William A. Fuller, usedLocomotiveInPursuit, William R. Smith (locomotive)]
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A.
locomotive William R. Smith
chosen
Locomotive William R. Smith was a 19th-century American steam locomotive best known for its role in the events surrounding the Civil War-era Great Locomotive Chase.
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B.
Shay locomotive
The Shay locomotive is a geared steam locomotive design, widely used on logging and industrial railroads for its exceptional low-speed power and ability to handle steep grades and sharp curves.
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C.
Sans Pareil (locomotive)
Sans Pareil is an early 19th-century steam locomotive built by engineer Timothy Hackworth that competed in the 1829 Rainhill Trials, a landmark event in railway history.
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D.
Heisler locomotive
A Heisler locomotive is a type of geared steam locomotive, recognizable by its V‑twin cylinder arrangement and used primarily on logging and industrial railroads for hauling heavy loads over steep, rough track.
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E.
James the Red Engine
James the Red Engine is a bright red mixed-traffic steam locomotive and one of the main anthropomorphic train characters in Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series, later popularized by the Thomas & Friends television adaptations.
- 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_69e25d1effe4819096907f95f610dbff |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1978672148190bb90804361bb896b |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:07 p.m.