Triple
T3566330
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Frederic Adrian Delano |
E75456
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Wabash Railroad
Wabash Railroad was a major Midwestern American railroad company that operated an extensive network connecting key cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Buffalo during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
|
E369435
|
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: Wabash Railroad | Statement: [Frederic Adrian Delano, employer, Wabash Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wabash Railroad Context triple: [Frederic Adrian Delano, employer, Wabash Railroad]
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A.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
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B.
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
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C.
Chicago Railways Company
The Chicago Railways Company was a major early 20th-century street railway operator in Chicago that formed a key part of the city’s urban transit system before consolidation into unified public transportation.
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D.
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
The Chicago and North Western Railway Company was a major Midwestern American railroad that operated an extensive network of lines connecting Chicago with the upper Midwest and Great Plains from the 19th through the 20th century.
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E.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
- 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: Wabash Railroad Triple: [Frederic Adrian Delano, employer, Wabash Railroad]
Generated description
Wabash Railroad was a major Midwestern American railroad company that operated an extensive network connecting key cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Buffalo during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wabash Railroad Target entity description: Wabash Railroad was a major Midwestern American railroad company that operated an extensive network connecting key cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Buffalo during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
A.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
-
B.
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
-
C.
Chicago Railways Company
The Chicago Railways Company was a major early 20th-century street railway operator in Chicago that formed a key part of the city’s urban transit system before consolidation into unified public transportation.
-
D.
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
The Chicago and North Western Railway Company was a major Midwestern American railroad that operated an extensive network of lines connecting Chicago with the upper Midwest and Great Plains from the 19th through the 20th century.
-
E.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
- 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_69ad85d512708190829c8b2d3a2ccfb8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc0aa0fcc8190bc99df68d2bd9139 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b3bbacbb1081908fc57168a8fc3ade |
completed | March 13, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b3bf78d6a881908d5bcc4ae50a76e5 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 7:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b3f5adac0481908b9053585c317be0 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 11:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:21 p.m.