Triple

T865318
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Russian Railways E18688 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Ministry of Railways of the USSR
The Ministry of Railways of the USSR was the central Soviet government body responsible for managing, operating, and developing the vast national railway network across the Soviet Union.
E101283 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: Ministry of Railways of the USSR | Statement: [Russian Railways, predecessor, Ministry of Railways of the USSR]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ministry of Railways of the USSR
Context triple: [Russian Railways, predecessor, Ministry of Railways of the USSR]
  • A. Russian Railways
    Russian Railways is Russia’s state-owned national railway company, operating the country’s extensive passenger and freight rail network across its vast territory.
  • B. Gosplan
    Gosplan was the central Soviet state planning committee responsible for formulating and overseeing the USSR’s national economic plans.
  • C. Ministry of Defense of the USSR
    The Ministry of Defense of the USSR was the central government body responsible for directing and administering the Soviet Union’s armed forces and overall military policy.
  • D. State Bank of the USSR
    The State Bank of the USSR was the central bank of the Soviet Union, responsible for issuing currency, managing state credit, and overseeing the socialist planned economy’s financial system.
  • E. Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
    The Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union was the highest executive and administrative authority of the USSR, responsible for implementing state policies and managing the government’s day-to-day operations.
  • 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: Ministry of Railways of the USSR
Triple: [Russian Railways, predecessor, Ministry of Railways of the USSR]
Generated description
The Ministry of Railways of the USSR was the central Soviet government body responsible for managing, operating, and developing the vast national railway network across the Soviet Union.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ministry of Railways of the USSR
Target entity description: The Ministry of Railways of the USSR was the central Soviet government body responsible for managing, operating, and developing the vast national railway network across the Soviet Union.
  • A. Russian Railways
    Russian Railways is Russia’s state-owned national railway company, operating the country’s extensive passenger and freight rail network across its vast territory.
  • B. Gosplan
    Gosplan was the central Soviet state planning committee responsible for formulating and overseeing the USSR’s national economic plans.
  • C. Indian Railways
    Indian Railways is India’s state-owned national railway system, operating one of the world’s largest rail networks for passenger and freight transport across the country.
  • D. Ministry of Defense of the USSR
    The Ministry of Defense of the USSR was the central government body responsible for directing and administering the Soviet Union’s armed forces and overall military policy.
  • E. General Directorate of Railway Police
    The General Directorate of Railway Police is the specialized branch of Egypt’s national police responsible for maintaining security, law enforcement, and public order across the country’s railway network and related 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_69a4938ce8688190a24bdfef82ba7d21 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ac6acc148190bcc00a1e939ace77 completed March 1, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7a3c7999c81908b2f27610c263b7f completed March 4, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7a5a452f88190ad560d33ab42d71f completed March 4, 2026, 3:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7a63398f081908b63b4f79aa81f85 completed March 4, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.