Triple
T5502807
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bureau of Corporations |
E144367
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Report on Transportation by Railroads
"Report on Transportation by Railroads" is an early 20th-century investigative study by the U.S. Bureau of Corporations analyzing railroad practices, rates, and their economic impact on interstate commerce.
|
E530599
|
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: Report on Transportation by Railroads | Statement: [Bureau of Corporations, notableWork, Report on Transportation by Railroads]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Report on Transportation by Railroads Context triple: [Bureau of Corporations, notableWork, Report on Transportation by Railroads]
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A.
Railroads: Their Origin and Problems
Railroads: Their Origin and Problems is a historical and analytical study by Charles Francis Adams Jr. examining the development, economic impact, and regulatory challenges of the American railroad system.
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B.
Title I – Return of Railroads to Private Control
Title I – Return of Railroads to Private Control was a section of the Transportation Act of 1920 that set the terms and procedures for ending federal control of U.S. railroads after World War I and restoring them to private ownership and operation.
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C.
United States federal control of railroads
United States federal control of railroads was the World War I–era period (1917–1920) when the U.S. government temporarily nationalized and centrally managed the country’s railroads to improve efficiency for wartime transportation needs.
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D.
Reading Railroad
Reading Railroad was a major 19th- and 20th-century American railroad company based in Pennsylvania, best known for transporting anthracite coal and for its iconic place on the U.S. Monopoly game board.
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E.
The Permanent Way and Coal-Burning Locomotive Boilers of the United States
"The Permanent Way and Coal-Burning Locomotive Boilers of the United States" is a 19th-century technical treatise on American railway track construction and steam locomotive boiler design.
- 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: Report on Transportation by Railroads Triple: [Bureau of Corporations, notableWork, Report on Transportation by Railroads]
Generated description
"Report on Transportation by Railroads" is an early 20th-century investigative study by the U.S. Bureau of Corporations analyzing railroad practices, rates, and their economic impact on interstate commerce.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Report on Transportation by Railroads Target entity description: "Report on Transportation by Railroads" is an early 20th-century investigative study by the U.S. Bureau of Corporations analyzing railroad practices, rates, and their economic impact on interstate commerce.
-
A.
Railroads: Their Origin and Problems
Railroads: Their Origin and Problems is a historical and analytical study by Charles Francis Adams Jr. examining the development, economic impact, and regulatory challenges of the American railroad system.
-
B.
Title I – Return of Railroads to Private Control
Title I – Return of Railroads to Private Control was a section of the Transportation Act of 1920 that set the terms and procedures for ending federal control of U.S. railroads after World War I and restoring them to private ownership and operation.
-
C.
United States federal control of railroads
United States federal control of railroads was the World War I–era period (1917–1920) when the U.S. government temporarily nationalized and centrally managed the country’s railroads to improve efficiency for wartime transportation needs.
-
D.
Reading Railroad
Reading Railroad was a major 19th- and 20th-century American railroad company based in Pennsylvania, best known for transporting anthracite coal and for its iconic place on the U.S. Monopoly game board.
-
E.
The Permanent Way and Coal-Burning Locomotive Boilers of the United States
"The Permanent Way and Coal-Burning Locomotive Boilers of the United States" is a 19th-century technical treatise on American railway track construction and steam locomotive boiler design.
- 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_69c008f5a2748190bce7a39aabf87a6d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c01f0bbea48190bb6fecaee9c0b1d0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c027a67d648190ac8d097202c8ec3d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:32 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c037b4e04881908d07e704f2a161bb |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:40 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0384d023081909cb0d4ba4b80c07e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:32 p.m.