Triple

T6018047
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St. Louis–San Francisco Railway E133994 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Pacific Railroad (Missouri)
Pacific Railroad (Missouri) was one of the earliest major railroads in Missouri, playing a key role in developing rail transport from St. Louis westward in the mid-19th century.
E561885 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: Pacific Railroad (Missouri) | Statement: [St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, predecessor, Pacific Railroad (Missouri)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Railroad (Missouri)
Context triple: [St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, predecessor, Pacific Railroad (Missouri)]
  • A. Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
    The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
  • B. Kansas Pacific
    "Kansas Pacific" is a 1953 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden, set during the Civil War and centered on efforts to build a strategic railroad line across Kansas.
  • C. St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
    The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
  • D. Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
    The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was a pioneering 19th-century rail line in Missouri, notable as one of the first railroads to cross the state and for carrying early Pony Express mail.
  • E. Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch
    The Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch was a 19th-century rail line that later evolved into the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, helping open the American Midwest and Southwest to expanded transportation and commerce.
  • 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: Pacific Railroad (Missouri)
Triple: [St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, predecessor, Pacific Railroad (Missouri)]
Generated description
Pacific Railroad (Missouri) was one of the earliest major railroads in Missouri, playing a key role in developing rail transport from St. Louis westward in the mid-19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Railroad (Missouri)
Target entity description: Pacific Railroad (Missouri) was one of the earliest major railroads in Missouri, playing a key role in developing rail transport from St. Louis westward in the mid-19th century.
  • A. Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
    The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
  • B. Kansas Pacific
    "Kansas Pacific" is a 1953 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden, set during the Civil War and centered on efforts to build a strategic railroad line across Kansas.
  • C. St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
    The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
  • D. Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
    The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was a pioneering 19th-century rail line in Missouri, notable as one of the first railroads to cross the state and for carrying early Pony Express mail.
  • E. Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch
    The Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch was a 19th-century rail line that later evolved into the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, helping open the American Midwest and Southwest to expanded transportation and commerce.
  • 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_69c008742a5c8190b9cb9c2787a3d8b3 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c04f8458588190a78aa32cbdbecfb1 completed March 22, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c108b842c48190b9469e2892a213d3 completed March 23, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c10b7467e88190955014bc060b20e4 completed March 23, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c10c0a001c81908e3ca53e9491ff9a completed March 23, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:07 p.m.