Triple
T4302976
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willits |
E99883
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRailService |
P782
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
California Western Railroad
California Western Railroad is a historic short-line railway in Northern California, best known for its scenic "Skunk Train" excursions through the redwood forests between Willits and Fort Bragg.
|
E430318
|
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: California Western Railroad | Statement: [Willits, hasRailService, California Western Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Western Railroad Context triple: [Willits, hasRailService, California Western Railroad]
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A.
Sacramento Southern Railroad
The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railway in Sacramento, California, offering excursion train rides along the Sacramento River as part of the California State Railroad Museum’s operations.
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B.
Los Angeles Railway
Los Angeles Railway was a historic streetcar transit system that operated an extensive network of urban rail lines in Los Angeles during the first half of the 20th century.
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C.
Union Pacific Railroad Coast Subdivision
The Union Pacific Railroad Coast Subdivision is a key rail corridor in California that carries both freight and commuter services, including trains operated by the Altamont Corridor Express.
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D.
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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E.
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad was a historic 19th-century short-line railway in Nevada that played a crucial role in transporting ore, supplies, and passengers for the Comstock Lode mining boom.
- 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: California Western Railroad Triple: [Willits, hasRailService, California Western Railroad]
Generated description
California Western Railroad is a historic short-line railway in Northern California, best known for its scenic "Skunk Train" excursions through the redwood forests between Willits and Fort Bragg.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Western Railroad Target entity description: California Western Railroad is a historic short-line railway in Northern California, best known for its scenic "Skunk Train" excursions through the redwood forests between Willits and Fort Bragg.
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A.
Sacramento Southern Railroad
The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railway in Sacramento, California, offering excursion train rides along the Sacramento River as part of the California State Railroad Museum’s operations.
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B.
Los Angeles Railway
Los Angeles Railway was a historic streetcar transit system that operated an extensive network of urban rail lines in Los Angeles during the first half of the 20th century.
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C.
Union Pacific Railroad Coast Subdivision
The Union Pacific Railroad Coast Subdivision is a key rail corridor in California that carries both freight and commuter services, including trains operated by the Altamont Corridor Express.
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D.
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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E.
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad was a historic 19th-century short-line railway in Nevada that played a crucial role in transporting ore, supplies, and passengers for the Comstock Lode mining boom.
- 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_69b345528ebc8190b5abc7e95094792d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b350b792608190ac778b79c740256a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5d0774d388190aaff15f528fe1bc2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5d0f6d1d48190a3ecd1765043ac58 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5d18381288190948a7a0c42dc8cbf |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:08 p.m.