Triple
T5758068
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad |
E127019
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entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway was a historic narrow-gauge railroad that pioneered rail transportation through the Rocky Mountains, helping open up Colorado and the surrounding region to mining, commerce, and settlement in the late 19th century.
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E127019
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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: Denver and Rio Grande Railway | Statement: [Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, predecessor, Denver and Rio Grande Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Denver and Rio Grande Railway Context triple: [Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, predecessor, Denver and Rio Grande Railway]
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A.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad was a historic U.S. railroad known for its scenic mountain routes through Colorado and Utah and its role in transcontinental passenger and freight service.
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B.
Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad
The Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad is a heritage tourist railway in Leadville, Colorado, offering scenic rides through the Rocky Mountains along historic narrow-gauge mining routes.
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C.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was a major American railroad that became one of the largest and most influential rail systems in the United States, central to the development of the Southwest.
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D.
Union Pacific West Line
The Union Pacific West Line is a commuter rail route in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs between downtown Chicago and western suburbs, providing daily passenger service as part of the Metra system.
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E.
Union Pacific North Line
The Union Pacific North Line is a Metra commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs north from downtown Chicago through suburbs along Lake Michigan into Kenosha, Wisconsin.
- 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: Denver and Rio Grande Railway Triple: [Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, predecessor, Denver and Rio Grande Railway]
Generated description
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway was a historic narrow-gauge railroad that pioneered rail transportation through the Rocky Mountains, helping open up Colorado and the surrounding region to mining, commerce, and settlement in the late 19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Denver and Rio Grande Railway Target entity description: The Denver and Rio Grande Railway was a historic narrow-gauge railroad that pioneered rail transportation through the Rocky Mountains, helping open up Colorado and the surrounding region to mining, commerce, and settlement in the late 19th century.
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A.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
chosen
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad was a historic U.S. railroad known for its scenic mountain routes through Colorado and Utah and its role in transcontinental passenger and freight service.
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B.
Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad
The Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad is a heritage tourist railway in Leadville, Colorado, offering scenic rides through the Rocky Mountains along historic narrow-gauge mining routes.
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C.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was a major American railroad that became one of the largest and most influential rail systems in the United States, central to the development of the Southwest.
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D.
Union Pacific West Line
The Union Pacific West Line is a commuter rail route in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs between downtown Chicago and western suburbs, providing daily passenger service as part of the Metra system.
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E.
Union Pacific North Line
The Union Pacific North Line is a Metra commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs north from downtown Chicago through suburbs along Lake Michigan into Kenosha, Wisconsin.
- F. None of above.
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_69c00833a3fc81908f4bc29ed011b7a6 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c029363c988190b12f3f7b68295748 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0b0c6c3e08190b0118908ecb85df2 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0b1e5cdc081908d0d2b76701d20ea |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0b24d7d148190901e233d815d21ad |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:49 p.m.