Triple
T3035034
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company |
E82987
|
entity |
| Predicate | competedWith |
P1375
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Butterfield Overland Mail
Butterfield Overland Mail was a 19th-century stagecoach service that carried mail and passengers across the United States on one of the earliest transcontinental routes before the advent of the transcontinental railroad.
|
E324234
|
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: Butterfield Overland Mail | Statement: [Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, competedWith, Butterfield Overland Mail]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Butterfield Overland Mail Context triple: [Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, competedWith, Butterfield Overland Mail]
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A.
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a short-lived but legendary 19th-century American mail service that used relays of horseback riders to rapidly carry messages across the western United States.
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B.
Mormon Trail
The Mormon Trail was a 19th-century overland route used by Latter-day Saint pioneers migrating west from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah.
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C.
San Francisco Overland Limited
The San Francisco Overland Limited was a prominent early 20th-century transcontinental passenger train that connected Chicago and San Francisco, operated by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads.
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D.
California Zephyr
The California Zephyr is a long-distance passenger train route in the United States that runs through the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada, often regarded as one of the most scenic rail journeys in North America.
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E.
Butterfield
Butterfield is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
- 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: Butterfield Overland Mail Triple: [Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, competedWith, Butterfield Overland Mail]
Generated description
Butterfield Overland Mail was a 19th-century stagecoach service that carried mail and passengers across the United States on one of the earliest transcontinental routes before the advent of the transcontinental railroad.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Butterfield Overland Mail Target entity description: Butterfield Overland Mail was a 19th-century stagecoach service that carried mail and passengers across the United States on one of the earliest transcontinental routes before the advent of the transcontinental railroad.
-
A.
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a short-lived but legendary 19th-century American mail service that used relays of horseback riders to rapidly carry messages across the western United States.
-
B.
Mormon Trail
The Mormon Trail was a 19th-century overland route used by Latter-day Saint pioneers migrating west from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah.
-
C.
San Francisco Overland Limited
The San Francisco Overland Limited was a prominent early 20th-century transcontinental passenger train that connected Chicago and San Francisco, operated by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads.
-
D.
California Zephyr
The California Zephyr is a long-distance passenger train route in the United States that runs through the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada, often regarded as one of the most scenic rail journeys in North America.
-
E.
Butterfield
Butterfield is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
- 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_69ad8b21a62881908ec5dd4fba4a187c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9b2a40b48190bfa7cdbb0fbd87f8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1f86cfcac81908122f1afd79ce29a |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1f8d3ff288190bd79bfc99d06c3ca |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1f94b3e3c8190b8ce0531a7c54902 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:01 p.m.