Triple
T5813241
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Western Pacific Railroad |
E128920
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedSubsidiary |
P9212
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sacramento Northern Railway
The Sacramento Northern Railway was an interurban electric railway in Northern California that connected the San Francisco Bay Area with the Sacramento Valley and was later controlled by the Western Pacific Railroad.
|
E547684
|
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: Sacramento Northern Railway | Statement: [Western Pacific Railroad, operatedSubsidiary, Sacramento Northern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sacramento Northern Railway Context triple: [Western Pacific Railroad, operatedSubsidiary, Sacramento Northern Railway]
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A.
Sacramento Southern Railroad
The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railway in Sacramento, California, offering excursion train rides along the Sacramento River as part of the California State Railroad Museum’s operations.
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B.
California Western Railroad
California Western Railroad is a historic short-line railway in Northern California, best known for its scenic "Skunk Train" excursions through the redwood forests between Willits and Fort Bragg.
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C.
Los Angeles Railway
Los Angeles Railway was a historic streetcar transit system that operated an extensive network of urban rail lines in Los Angeles during the first half of the 20th century.
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D.
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad was a major American railroad company that operated extensive rail networks across the western and southwestern United States from the 19th to the late 20th century.
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E.
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.
- 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: Sacramento Northern Railway Triple: [Western Pacific Railroad, operatedSubsidiary, Sacramento Northern Railway]
Generated description
The Sacramento Northern Railway was an interurban electric railway in Northern California that connected the San Francisco Bay Area with the Sacramento Valley and was later controlled by the Western Pacific Railroad.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sacramento Northern Railway Target entity description: The Sacramento Northern Railway was an interurban electric railway in Northern California that connected the San Francisco Bay Area with the Sacramento Valley and was later controlled by the Western Pacific Railroad.
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A.
Sacramento Southern Railroad
The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railway in Sacramento, California, offering excursion train rides along the Sacramento River as part of the California State Railroad Museum’s operations.
-
B.
California Western Railroad
California Western Railroad is a historic short-line railway in Northern California, best known for its scenic "Skunk Train" excursions through the redwood forests between Willits and Fort Bragg.
-
C.
Los Angeles Railway
Los Angeles Railway was a historic streetcar transit system that operated an extensive network of urban rail lines in Los Angeles during the first half of the 20th century.
-
D.
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad was a major American railroad company that operated extensive rail networks across the western and southwestern United States from the 19th to the late 20th century.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69c0084788848190bcf71f6bc5d71597 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02b56044c8190847478a342d441c2 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c09848dd148190aeea1b1d454b8da5 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c098ba92408190b61b115540fce941 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c099bd26fc8190a58bf483a6d4cbca |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:52 p.m.