Triple
T5481860
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Western Star |
E123483
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedBy |
P86
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Great Northern Railway (U.S.) |
E524391
|
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: Great Northern Railway (U.S.) | Statement: [Western Star, operatedBy, Great Northern Railway (U.S.)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Northern Railway (U.S.) Context triple: [Western Star, operatedBy, Great Northern Railway (U.S.)]
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A.
Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
chosen
Great Northern Railway (U.S.) was a major transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest and playing a key role in the region’s economic development.
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B.
International–Great Northern Railroad
The International–Great Northern Railroad was a historic Texas railroad that played a key role in the development of transportation and commerce across the state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Northern Pacific Railway
The Northern Pacific Railway was a major transcontinental railroad in the northern United States that played a key role in opening and developing the Pacific Northwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad was a historic rail line in Northern California that connected the San Francisco Bay Area to communities throughout Marin, Sonoma, and Humboldt counties, supporting regional passenger and freight transport.
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E.
Milwaukee Road
The Milwaukee Road was a major American railroad that operated an extensive Midwestern and Pacific Northwest network, noted especially for its electrified mountain routes and eventual bankruptcy in the late 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_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_69bf77b59ef881909c5968194336b101 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m.