Triple
T6851972
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kansas City Southern Railway |
E158040
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedSubsidiary |
P9212
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Texas Mexican Railway
Texas Mexican Railway is a regional railroad in Texas that historically provided freight and cross-border rail services between the United States and Mexico and later became part of the Kansas City Southern rail network.
|
E623707
|
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: Texas Mexican Railway | Statement: [Kansas City Southern Railway, operatedSubsidiary, Texas Mexican Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Texas Mexican Railway Context triple: [Kansas City Southern Railway, operatedSubsidiary, Texas Mexican Railway]
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A.
Texas and Pacific Railway
The Texas and Pacific Railway was a major 19th- and 20th-century American railroad that operated across Texas and into the southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional transportation and economic development.
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B.
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
The Houston and Texas Central Railroad was a major 19th-century Texas rail line that played a key role in opening up the state’s interior to settlement, commerce, and economic development.
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C.
Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico
Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico is a scenic Mexican railway line, commonly known as "El Chepe," that traverses the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Copper Canyon region.
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D.
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
The Texas and New Orleans Railroad was a major regional rail carrier in Texas and Louisiana that became a key component of the Southern Pacific system in the American Southwest.
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E.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was a major American railroad that became one of the largest and most influential rail systems in the United States, central to the development of the Southwest.
- 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: Texas Mexican Railway Triple: [Kansas City Southern Railway, operatedSubsidiary, Texas Mexican Railway]
Generated description
Texas Mexican Railway is a regional railroad in Texas that historically provided freight and cross-border rail services between the United States and Mexico and later became part of the Kansas City Southern rail network.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Texas Mexican Railway Target entity description: Texas Mexican Railway is a regional railroad in Texas that historically provided freight and cross-border rail services between the United States and Mexico and later became part of the Kansas City Southern rail network.
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A.
Texas and Pacific Railway
The Texas and Pacific Railway was a major 19th- and 20th-century American railroad that operated across Texas and into the southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional transportation and economic development.
-
B.
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
The Houston and Texas Central Railroad was a major 19th-century Texas rail line that played a key role in opening up the state’s interior to settlement, commerce, and economic development.
-
C.
Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico
Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico is a scenic Mexican railway line, commonly known as "El Chepe," that traverses the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Copper Canyon region.
-
D.
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
The Texas and New Orleans Railroad was a major regional rail carrier in Texas and Louisiana that became a key component of the Southern Pacific system in the American Southwest.
-
E.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was a major American railroad that became one of the largest and most influential rail systems in the United States, central to the development of the Southwest.
- 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_69c6882fae988190864cbba788c5ebb4 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d84e6fb08190915954be5b0df2d8 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c72fd2800c8190997c0bc7ff3e1491 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c73208e9408190b246837c0e436575 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7326b04ac8190a700061e6546cb50 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:20 p.m.