Triple
T8788223
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Balboa |
E209094
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectedBy |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Panama Canal Railroad |
E87263
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Panama Canal Railroad | Statement: [Balboa, connectedBy, Panama Canal Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Panama Canal Railroad Context triple: [Balboa, connectedBy, Panama Canal Railroad]
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A.
Panama Canal railway system
chosen
The Panama Canal railway system is a historic transcontinental rail line in Panama that parallels the Panama Canal, providing vital freight and passenger transport between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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B.
Panama Canal Company
The Panama Canal Company was a U.S. government-owned corporation responsible for operating, maintaining, and managing the Panama Canal and its surrounding facilities during much of the 20th century.
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C.
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama was the French company established in the late 19th century to construct a sea-level canal across the Isthmus of Panama under the leadership of Ferdinand de Lesseps, whose failure led to a major financial and political scandal.
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D.
Central Pacific Railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad was a major 19th-century American railroad company that built the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad, linking California to the eastern United States and transforming transportation and commerce.
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E.
Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway
The Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway was a major British-owned railway company in Argentina that operated key long-distance and suburban lines connecting Buenos Aires with western regions of the country during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca836168108190bb43d3dc235c1f55 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5f89a84c819085d4cfe4e6dfbda8 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf520678f48190a0af3df75df9b269 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:37 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:43 p.m.