Triple

T6539731
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Intercolonial Railway of Canada E168253 entity
Predicate connectedCity P4245 FINISHED
Object Amherst
Amherst is a town in northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, known historically as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
E606734 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: Amherst | Statement: [Intercolonial Railway of Canada, connectedCity, Amherst]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amherst
Context triple: [Intercolonial Railway of Canada, connectedCity, Amherst]
  • A. Amherst
    Amherst is an English surname historically associated with the British aristocratic Amherst family, including military commander Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst.
  • B. Amherst, Massachusetts
    Amherst, Massachusetts is a New England college town best known as the home of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Amherst College.
  • C. Amherst, New Hampshire
    Amherst, New Hampshire is a historic small town in southern New Hampshire known for its classic New England village green, preserved colonial architecture, and residential character.
  • D. Wellesley
    Wellesley is an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family name most famously borne by Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, the British military leader who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
  • E. Amherst Campus
    Amherst Campus is the main suburban campus of the University at Buffalo, located in Amherst, New York, housing most of the university’s academic and research facilities.
  • 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: Amherst
Triple: [Intercolonial Railway of Canada, connectedCity, Amherst]
Generated description
Amherst is a town in northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, known historically as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amherst
Target entity description: Amherst is a town in northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, known historically as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
  • A. Amherst
    Amherst is an English surname historically associated with the British aristocratic Amherst family, including military commander Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst.
  • B. Amherst, Massachusetts
    Amherst, Massachusetts is a New England college town best known as the home of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Amherst College.
  • C. Amherst, New Hampshire
    Amherst, New Hampshire is a historic small town in southern New Hampshire known for its classic New England village green, preserved colonial architecture, and residential character.
  • D. Wellesley
    Wellesley is an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family name most famously borne by Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, the British military leader who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
  • E. Amherst Campus
    Amherst Campus is the main suburban campus of the University at Buffalo, located in Amherst, New York, housing most of the university’s academic and research facilities.
  • 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_69c68a51564081909e93aee0dbd9cca3 completed March 27, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6add5d3848190a0d70dc4013ab756 completed March 27, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6e41b0a8881908aebef421a6d403c completed March 27, 2026, 8:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6e57d71ec8190b79615f11eadec26 completed March 27, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6e614f04c8190b25b553553895799 completed March 27, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:50 p.m.