Triple
T4771597
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Schenectady Locomotive Works |
E105938
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | American Locomotive Company Schenectady Works |
E19263
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: American Locomotive Company Schenectady Works | Statement: [Schenectady Locomotive Works, successor, American Locomotive Company Schenectady Works]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Locomotive Company Schenectady Works Context triple: [Schenectady Locomotive Works, successor, American Locomotive Company Schenectady Works]
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A.
Schenectady Locomotive Works
Schenectady Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Schenectady, New York, that later became a key component of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
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B.
American Locomotive Company
chosen
The American Locomotive Company was a major U.S. manufacturer of steam and diesel locomotives and other heavy machinery in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Rogers Locomotive Works
Rogers Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that became part of the American Locomotive Company through consolidation.
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D.
Manchester Locomotive Works
Manchester Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
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E.
Lima Locomotive Works
Lima Locomotive Works was a prominent American manufacturer best known for producing innovative steam locomotives, including the powerful "Super Power" designs that significantly advanced railroad performance in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd43f226fc8190b867cc249c2a9042 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd655e5dcc8190a932be9b1baaffb2 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be3a94e340819080fe92a2024abdaf |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:21 p.m.