Triple
T2550931
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alaska Railroad |
E56622
|
entity |
| Predicate | servesCity |
P82
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Whittier
Whittier is a small port town in south-central Alaska known as a key gateway for marine and rail transportation, particularly for cruise ships and freight.
|
E335503
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Whittier | Statement: [Alaska Railroad, servesCity, Whittier]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whittier Context triple: [Alaska Railroad, servesCity, Whittier]
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A.
Whittier
Whittier is a suburban city in Los Angeles County, California, known for its historic downtown, Quaker roots, and as the namesake of Whittier College.
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B.
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier was a prominent 19th-century American Quaker poet and abolitionist best known for his anti-slavery writings and New England regional verse.
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C.
William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant was a 19th-century American poet and journalist, best known for his nature-themed poetry and as one of the prominent members of the Fireside Poets.
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D.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a prominent 19th-century American poet and educator known for works such as "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline."
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E.
Halleck
Halleck is a surname most notably associated with American political and military figures, including U.S. Congressman Charles A. Halleck and Civil War general Henry Wager Halleck.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Whittier Triple: [Alaska Railroad, servesCity, Whittier]
Generated description
Whittier is a small port town in south-central Alaska known as a key gateway for marine and rail transportation, particularly for cruise ships and freight.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whittier Target entity description: Whittier is a small port town in south-central Alaska known as a key gateway for marine and rail transportation, particularly for cruise ships and freight.
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A.
Whittier
Whittier is a suburban city in Los Angeles County, California, known for its historic downtown, Quaker roots, and as the namesake of Whittier College.
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B.
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier was a prominent 19th-century American Quaker poet and abolitionist best known for his anti-slavery writings and New England regional verse.
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C.
William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant was a 19th-century American poet and journalist, best known for his nature-themed poetry and as one of the prominent members of the Fireside Poets.
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D.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a prominent 19th-century American poet and educator known for works such as "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline."
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E.
Halleck
Halleck is a surname most notably associated with American political and military figures, including U.S. Congressman Charles A. Halleck and Civil War general Henry Wager Halleck.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69ab4a4bfec081908039988ec4c86e28 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd2eaaf688190926a1104be12a540 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b24ae086c88190ad5a0358ae9db689 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b24c5154008190aaaf07333de85370 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b24cf888288190b02782467c932862 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:19 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.