Triple

T5481798
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Great Northern Railway E123481 entity
Predicate primaryRoute P6298 FINISHED
Object Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon
Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon is a historic transcontinental rail corridor that linked the Upper Midwest to the Pacific Northwest across the northern United States.
 E524227 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: Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon | Statement: [Great Northern Railway, primaryRoute, Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon
Context triple: [Great Northern Railway, primaryRoute, Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon]
  • A. Minneapolis–Saint Paul
    Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a major metropolitan area in Minnesota known for its twin cities, cultural institutions, and economic significance in the Upper Midwest.
  • B. Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
    Saint Paul is the capital city of Minnesota in the United States, known for its historic architecture, cultural institutions, and role as one of the Twin Cities alongside Minneapolis.
  • C. Saint Paul
    Saint Paul is a foundational figure of early Christianity, renowned as an apostle, missionary, and New Testament author whose teachings profoundly shaped Christian theology.
  • D. Minneapolis
    Minneapolis is a major city in Minnesota known for its large and historically significant Norwegian American community, vibrant arts scene, and numerous lakes.
  • E. St. Paul, Oregon
    St. Paul, Oregon is a small rural city in the Willamette Valley best known for hosting one of the largest annual rodeos in the Pacific Northwest.
  • 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: Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon
Triple: [Great Northern Railway, primaryRoute, Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon]
Generated description
Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon is a historic transcontinental rail corridor that linked the Upper Midwest to the Pacific Northwest across the northern United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon
Target entity description: Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon is a historic transcontinental rail corridor that linked the Upper Midwest to the Pacific Northwest across the northern United States.
  • A. Minneapolis–Saint Paul
    Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a major metropolitan area in Minnesota known for its twin cities, cultural institutions, and economic significance in the Upper Midwest.
  • B. Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
    Saint Paul is the capital city of Minnesota in the United States, known for its historic architecture, cultural institutions, and role as one of the Twin Cities alongside Minneapolis.
  • C. Saint Paul
    Saint Paul is a foundational figure of early Christianity, renowned as an apostle, missionary, and New Testament author whose teachings profoundly shaped Christian theology.
  • D. Minneapolis
    Minneapolis is a major city in Minnesota known for its large and historically significant Norwegian American community, vibrant arts scene, and numerous lakes.
  • E. St. Paul, Oregon
    St. Paul, Oregon is a small rural city in the Willamette Valley best known for hosting one of the largest annual rodeos in the Pacific Northwest.
  • 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_69bd4648883481909e9775d43300c5fa completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd924bac088190b7d08df91534b0bc completed March 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf6c812d4c8190a22f76b787ab0f10 completed March 22, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf6eae5d808190aa3a166407dbc461 completed March 22, 2026, 4:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf6f418e188190b347a72b81abd573 completed March 22, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m.