Triple

T5949840
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway E132368 entity
Predicate competedWith P1375 FINISHED
Object Union Pacific Railroad E2147 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Union Pacific Railroad | Statement: [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, competedWith, Union Pacific Railroad]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Union Pacific Railroad
Context triple: [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, competedWith, Union Pacific Railroad]
  • A. Union Pacific Railroad chosen
    Union Pacific Railroad is one of the largest freight rail networks in the United States, operating an extensive system that spans the western two-thirds of the country.
  • B. 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.
  • C. BNSF Railway
    BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, operating an extensive system that spans the United States and parts of Canada and Mexico.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Missouri Pacific Railroad
    Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c00869d3308190af89b2453e0f7546 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c0397fd19081908ab31b190deb8247 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c1134155608190bc9271dba417a512 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:02 p.m.