Triple
T4756248
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway |
E105594
|
entity |
| Predicate | builtBy |
P972
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
engineer Pavel Melnikov
Engineer Pavel Melnikov was a prominent 19th-century Russian railway engineer best known for overseeing the design and construction of major lines that helped pioneer Russia’s early rail network.
|
E467684
|
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: engineer Pavel Melnikov | Statement: [Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway, builtBy, engineer Pavel Melnikov]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: engineer Pavel Melnikov Context triple: [Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway, builtBy, engineer Pavel Melnikov]
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A.
Vladimir Shukhov
Vladimir Shukhov was a pioneering Russian engineer and architect renowned for his innovative hyperboloid structures, industrial designs, and influential contributions to early modern engineering.
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B.
Vasily Popov
Vasily Popov was a Soviet military commander and general who served prominently on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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C.
Nikolai Morozov
Nikolai Morozov is a prominent Russian ice dancing coach and choreographer known for creating programs for many elite figure skaters.
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D.
Rodion Malinovsky
Rodion Malinovsky was a prominent Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played a key role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II and later served as the USSR’s Minister of Defense.
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E.
Nikolai Krestinsky
Nikolai Krestinsky was a Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary and high-ranking official who became a prominent defendant in Stalin’s Great Purge show trials before being executed.
- 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: engineer Pavel Melnikov Triple: [Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway, builtBy, engineer Pavel Melnikov]
Generated description
Engineer Pavel Melnikov was a prominent 19th-century Russian railway engineer best known for overseeing the design and construction of major lines that helped pioneer Russia’s early rail network.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: engineer Pavel Melnikov Target entity description: Engineer Pavel Melnikov was a prominent 19th-century Russian railway engineer best known for overseeing the design and construction of major lines that helped pioneer Russia’s early rail network.
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A.
Vladimir Shukhov
Vladimir Shukhov was a pioneering Russian engineer and architect renowned for his innovative hyperboloid structures, industrial designs, and influential contributions to early modern engineering.
-
B.
Vasily Popov
Vasily Popov was a Soviet military commander and general who served prominently on the Eastern Front during World War II.
-
C.
Nikolai Morozov
Nikolai Morozov is a prominent Russian ice dancing coach and choreographer known for creating programs for many elite figure skaters.
-
D.
Rodion Malinovsky
Rodion Malinovsky was a prominent Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played a key role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II and later served as the USSR’s Minister of Defense.
-
E.
Nikolai Krestinsky
Nikolai Krestinsky was a Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary and high-ranking official who became a prominent defendant in Stalin’s Great Purge show trials before being executed.
- 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_69bd43f14cac819081c7c69803648211 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd64e9d80c819088532921a46ea1d6 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be3a6c7f3c8190b97705bd859c82e8 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be3d444b888190b2df7433502604ff |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be3dd31c648190bfdac15fb85cfec9 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:20 p.m.