Triple

T8117065
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Family Lines System E189501 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Western Railway of Alabama
The Western Railway of Alabama was a regional railroad in the southeastern United States that played a key role in connecting Alabama to broader Southern rail networks.
E713554 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: Western Railway of Alabama | Statement: [Family Lines System, hasPart, Western Railway of Alabama]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Railway of Alabama
Context triple: [Family Lines System, hasPart, Western Railway of Alabama]
  • A. Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
    The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad was a major mid-20th-century U.S. railroad that operated freight and passenger services across the Midwest and South, notably linking the Gulf Coast with cities such as St. Louis and Chicago.
  • B. Western and Atlantic Railroad
    The Western and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century U.S. rail line in Georgia that played a crucial role in the development of Atlanta as a major transportation hub.
  • C. Alabama Great Southern Railroad
    The Alabama Great Southern Railroad was a historic rail line in the southeastern United States that later became part of the Southern Railway system.
  • D. Central of Georgia Railway
    The Central of Georgia Railway was a major regional railroad in the southeastern United States that played a key role in the transportation and economic development of Georgia and surrounding states from the 19th through the mid-20th century.
  • E. Seaboard Air Line Railroad
    Seaboard Air Line Railroad was a major American railroad that operated in the southeastern United States, known for its prominent passenger services and streamlined trains.
  • 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: Western Railway of Alabama
Triple: [Family Lines System, hasPart, Western Railway of Alabama]
Generated description
The Western Railway of Alabama was a regional railroad in the southeastern United States that played a key role in connecting Alabama to broader Southern rail networks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Railway of Alabama
Target entity description: The Western Railway of Alabama was a regional railroad in the southeastern United States that played a key role in connecting Alabama to broader Southern rail networks.
  • A. Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
    The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad was a major mid-20th-century U.S. railroad that operated freight and passenger services across the Midwest and South, notably linking the Gulf Coast with cities such as St. Louis and Chicago.
  • B. Western and Atlantic Railroad
    The Western and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century U.S. rail line in Georgia that played a crucial role in the development of Atlanta as a major transportation hub.
  • C. Alabama Great Southern Railroad
    The Alabama Great Southern Railroad was a historic rail line in the southeastern United States that later became part of the Southern Railway system.
  • D. Central of Georgia Railway
    The Central of Georgia Railway was a major regional railroad in the southeastern United States that played a key role in the transportation and economic development of Georgia and surrounding states from the 19th through the mid-20th century.
  • E. Seaboard Air Line Railroad
    Seaboard Air Line Railroad was a major American railroad that operated in the southeastern United States, known for its prominent passenger services and streamlined trains.
  • 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_69ca82baad008190ab2859712b9b1607 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb435737c08190a4e311d4d990b4ef completed March 31, 2026, 3:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc944439488190b95788e3a77ee732 completed April 1, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc95c0b19881908521cce5ac0fe197 completed April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc96fa03d881909a1eeed6af9a3149 completed April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:33 p.m.