Triple
T5553740
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Consolidated Rail Corporation |
E145586
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norfolk Southern Railway (for part of system) |
E11672
|
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: Norfolk Southern Railway (for part of system) | Statement: [Consolidated Rail Corporation, successor, Norfolk Southern Railway (for part of system)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk Southern Railway (for part of system) Context triple: [Consolidated Rail Corporation, successor, Norfolk Southern Railway (for part of system)]
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A.
Norfolk Southern Railway
chosen
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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B.
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway was a major American railroad known for its coal-hauling operations and distinctive steam locomotive fleet, which later became part of Norfolk Southern Railway through merger.
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C.
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Southern Railway (U.S.) was a major American Class I railroad that operated primarily in the southeastern United States before becoming a key predecessor of Norfolk Southern Railway.
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D.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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E.
Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line
The Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line is a freight rail corridor in New York State that also hosts Metro-North’s Port Jervis Line commuter service.
- 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_69c008fcaf788190bafa02a1917ee73b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c01ff9c9c48190b5e587d58c6515d8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c04cfc6f808190a39c607f61dcfa32 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:11 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:36 p.m.