Triple
T6759341
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Northern Pacific Railway |
E154551
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad was a 19th-century rail line in the Upper Midwest that played a key role in connecting the Great Lakes region to the interior United States and later became part of the Northern Pacific Railway system.
|
E50942
|
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: Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad | Statement: [Northern Pacific Railway, predecessor, Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Context triple: [Northern Pacific Railway, predecessor, Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad]
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A.
Pere Marquette
Pere Marquette is an Amtrak passenger train service in the Midwest that operates between Chicago, Illinois, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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B.
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.
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C.
Duluth Iron Range Railway Company
Duluth Iron Range Railway Company was a regional railroad line in Minnesota’s Iron Range that transported iron ore and related freight, historically tied to major industrial interests like Federal Steel.
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D.
Milwaukee Road
The Milwaukee Road was a major American railroad that operated an extensive Midwestern and Pacific Northwest network, noted especially for its electrified mountain routes and eventual bankruptcy in the late 20th century.
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E.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway was a major 19th-century American railroad that formed a key part of the New York Central system, linking the Great Lakes region with the Eastern United States.
- 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: Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Triple: [Northern Pacific Railway, predecessor, Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad]
Generated description
The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad was a 19th-century rail line in the Upper Midwest that played a key role in connecting the Great Lakes region to the interior United States and later became part of the Northern Pacific Railway system.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Target entity description: The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad was a 19th-century rail line in the Upper Midwest that played a key role in connecting the Great Lakes region to the interior United States and later became part of the Northern Pacific Railway system.
-
A.
Pere Marquette
Pere Marquette is an Amtrak passenger train service in the Midwest that operates between Chicago, Illinois, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Duluth Iron Range Railway Company
chosen
Duluth Iron Range Railway Company was a regional railroad line in Minnesota’s Iron Range that transported iron ore and related freight, historically tied to major industrial interests like Federal Steel.
-
D.
Milwaukee Road
The Milwaukee Road was a major American railroad that operated an extensive Midwestern and Pacific Northwest network, noted especially for its electrified mountain routes and eventual bankruptcy in the late 20th century.
-
E.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway was a major 19th-century American railroad that formed a key part of the New York Central system, linking the Great Lakes region with the Eastern United States.
- F. None of above.
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_69c6880fd5808190be684854081e27dd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d21143748190beaab2488971d65b |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c712b0926c81909601f21407526fd9 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 11:28 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7135106288190b5b20523c3efa229 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 11:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7141cd52c8190a783590ad1067840 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 11:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:12 p.m.