Triple
T2395119
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Pacific Railroad |
E47630
|
entity |
| Predicate | wasPredecessorOf |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Union Pacific Railroad system in the West |
E141434
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Union Pacific Railroad system in the West | Statement: [Southern Pacific Railroad, wasPredecessorOf, Union Pacific Railroad system in the West]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Pacific Railroad system in the West Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, wasPredecessorOf, Union Pacific Railroad system in the West]
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A.
Union Pacific West Line
The Union Pacific West Line is a commuter rail route in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs between downtown Chicago and western suburbs, providing daily passenger service as part of the Metra system.
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B.
Union Pacific mainline routes
chosen
Union Pacific mainline routes are the railroad’s primary high-capacity freight corridors that carry long-distance trains across its network, including through major facilities like Bailey Yard.
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C.
Union Pacific North Line
The Union Pacific North Line is a Metra commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs north from downtown Chicago through suburbs along Lake Michigan into Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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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.
Central Pacific Railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad was a major 19th-century American railroad company that built the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad, linking California to the eastern United States and transforming transportation and commerce.
- 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: wasPredecessorOf Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, wasPredecessorOf, Union Pacific Railroad system in the West]
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A.
historicalEntityPredecessor
Indicates that one historical entity existed or held a role before another, serving as its predecessor in time or sequence.
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B.
predecessor
chosen
Indicates that one entity comes before another in an ordered sequence or succession.
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C.
predecessorName
Indicates that the value is the name of an entity that directly precedes another in an ordered sequence or lineage.
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D.
wasPrecededBy
Indicates that one event, state, or entity occurred or existed earlier in time than another.
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E.
predecessorCEO
Indicates that one person previously held the position of CEO before another specific person.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69a88a1c450c81909f61abb8b6863885 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc879b1b88190be8d0337d9a17bd0 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aeb3dc44dc819099b8914b878c5638 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:49 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abc5a3825c81909ec6111dfc165453 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.