Triple

T6197680
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New York and Harlem Railroad E138548 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Vanderbilt railroad system
The Vanderbilt railroad system was the vast network of railroads in the northeastern United States built and controlled by Cornelius Vanderbilt and his family, forming a core part of the region’s 19th-century transportation infrastructure.
E574934 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: Vanderbilt railroad system | Statement: [New York and Harlem Railroad, partOf, Vanderbilt railroad system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vanderbilt railroad system
Context triple: [New York and Harlem Railroad, partOf, Vanderbilt railroad system]
  • A. Louisville and Nashville Railroad
    The Louisville and Nashville Railroad was a major U.S. railroad company that operated across the southeastern United States from the 19th century into the late 20th century, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation.
  • B. Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
    The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that connected parts of Mississippi with Tennessee, contributing to regional transportation and economic development in the American South.
  • C. Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
    The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway was a prominent Southern U.S. railroad that connected key cities across Tennessee and neighboring states, playing a major role in regional transportation and commerce in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Seaboard System Railroad
    Seaboard System Railroad was a major U.S. freight railroad of the 1980s that consolidated several southeastern carriers and later became part of CSX Transportation.
  • E. St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
    The St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad was a regional U.S. railroad line that operated in the early 20th century, later becoming part of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) system.
  • 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: Vanderbilt railroad system
Triple: [New York and Harlem Railroad, partOf, Vanderbilt railroad system]
Generated description
The Vanderbilt railroad system was the vast network of railroads in the northeastern United States built and controlled by Cornelius Vanderbilt and his family, forming a core part of the region’s 19th-century transportation infrastructure.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vanderbilt railroad system
Target entity description: The Vanderbilt railroad system was the vast network of railroads in the northeastern United States built and controlled by Cornelius Vanderbilt and his family, forming a core part of the region’s 19th-century transportation infrastructure.
  • A. Louisville and Nashville Railroad
    The Louisville and Nashville Railroad was a major U.S. railroad company that operated across the southeastern United States from the 19th century into the late 20th century, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation.
  • B. Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
    The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that connected parts of Mississippi with Tennessee, contributing to regional transportation and economic development in the American South.
  • C. Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
    The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway was a prominent Southern U.S. railroad that connected key cities across Tennessee and neighboring states, playing a major role in regional transportation and commerce in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Seaboard System Railroad
    Seaboard System Railroad was a major U.S. freight railroad of the 1980s that consolidated several southeastern carriers and later became part of CSX Transportation.
  • E. St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
    The St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad was a regional U.S. railroad line that operated in the early 20th century, later becoming part of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) system.
  • 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_69c008ab9b3081908a11b2c744838435 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c06251b47881909bd8d2ea37541959 completed March 22, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c16f2a40a88190847f607a6e2c5f4e completed March 23, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1d232ab1881909cc3014beb664446 completed March 23, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1d2c532988190a98f615638987159 completed March 23, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:20 p.m.