Triple
T6472411
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Metra SouthWest Service |
E145985
|
entity |
| Predicate | usesRailroadSubdivision |
P15040
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norfolk Southern Chicago District |
E11672
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Norfolk Southern Chicago District | Statement: [Metra SouthWest Service, usesRailroadSubdivision, Norfolk Southern Chicago District]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk Southern Chicago District Context triple: [Metra SouthWest Service, usesRailroadSubdivision, Norfolk Southern Chicago District]
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A.
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
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B.
Wabash Railroad
Wabash Railroad was a major Midwestern American railroad company that operated an extensive network connecting key cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Buffalo during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Norfolk Southern Railway
chosen
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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D.
Chicago Railways Company
The Chicago Railways Company was a major early 20th-century street railway operator in Chicago that formed a key part of the city’s urban transit system before consolidation into unified public transportation.
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E.
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
The Chicago and North Western Railway Company was a major Midwestern American railroad that operated an extensive network of lines connecting Chicago with the upper Midwest and Great Plains from the 19th through the 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c008fec7408190af7b146dc63d9750 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06a3188488190a1b7452ede91ba5e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c65fd1db288190b00ba6d7f3aae925 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:50 p.m.