Triple
T5616220
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wassaic Branch |
E147483
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessorLine |
P38094
|
FINISHED |
| Object | New York Central Railroad Harlem Division |
E138548
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: New York Central Railroad Harlem Division | Statement: [Wassaic Branch, predecessorLine, New York Central Railroad Harlem Division]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York Central Railroad Harlem Division Context triple: [Wassaic Branch, predecessorLine, New York Central Railroad Harlem Division]
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A.
New York and Harlem Railroad
chosen
The New York and Harlem Railroad was one of the earliest rail lines in New York State, forming a key part of the region’s 19th-century transportation network and later becoming a cornerstone of Cornelius Vanderbilt’s railroad empire.
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B.
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad was an early 20th-century rapid transit system that operated tunnels and trains between Manhattan and New Jersey, forming the core of what is now the PATH system.
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C.
New York Connecting Railroad
The New York Connecting Railroad is a freight and passenger rail line in New York City that links the Long Island Rail Road and the Northeast Corridor, notably via the Hell Gate Bridge between Queens and the Bronx.
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D.
Manhattan Railway Company
The Manhattan Railway Company was a major transit operator in New York City that ran the elevated train lines in Manhattan before the development of the city’s subway system.
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E.
New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway was an early 20th-century electric commuter railroad serving the Bronx and Westchester County, later partially incorporated into the New York City Subway system.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: predecessorLine Context triple: [Wassaic Branch, predecessorLine, New York Central Railroad Harlem Division]
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A.
successorLine
Indicates that one line directly follows another in a sequence or ordered arrangement.
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B.
predecessorSeries
Indicates that one series directly precedes another in an ordered sequence or lineage.
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C.
predecessor
Indicates that one entity comes before another in an ordered sequence or succession.
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D.
railroadLinePredecessor
chosen
Indicates that one railroad line is the direct predecessor or earlier version in the historical or organizational sequence of another railroad line.
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E.
predecessorFamily
Indicates that one family is the earlier or ancestral family from which another family descends or follows.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69c00905d4588190bd967842bbcf2219 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c021da7f848190bb1cd0270ad6398f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c04d55b95c8190a5f3e2c05249c136 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:13 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c01b1b3c98819080687d18ab10a914 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:39 p.m.