Triple

T955642
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Crocker family E20619 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Big Four railroad magnate circle
The Big Four railroad magnate circle was the powerful group of 19th-century California tycoons who financed and controlled the construction and operation of the Central Pacific Railroad and much of the early transcontinental rail system.
 E112725 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: Big Four railroad magnate circle | Statement: [Crocker family, partOf, Big Four railroad magnate circle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Big Four railroad magnate circle
Context triple: [Crocker family, partOf, Big Four railroad magnate circle]
  • A. Rockefeller family
    The Rockefeller family is a prominent American dynasty known for its vast oil-derived wealth, political influence, and extensive philanthropic and conservation efforts.
  • B. Carnegie family
    The Carnegie family is a prominent Scottish noble lineage historically associated with titles such as earls and baronets, most notably linked to the Earls of Southesk and Northesk.
  • C. Mellon family
    The Mellon family is a prominent American dynasty known for its vast banking and industrial fortune, major roles in politics and public service, and extensive philanthropic support of education, science, and the arts.
  • D. J. P. Morgan
    J. P. Morgan was a powerful American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Cornelius Vanderbilt
    Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American business magnate who built a vast fortune in shipping and railroads, becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential figures of the Gilded Age.
  • 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: Big Four railroad magnate circle
Triple: [Crocker family, partOf, Big Four railroad magnate circle]
Generated description
The Big Four railroad magnate circle was the powerful group of 19th-century California tycoons who financed and controlled the construction and operation of the Central Pacific Railroad and much of the early transcontinental rail system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Big Four railroad magnate circle
Target entity description: The Big Four railroad magnate circle was the powerful group of 19th-century California tycoons who financed and controlled the construction and operation of the Central Pacific Railroad and much of the early transcontinental rail system.
  • A. Rockefeller family
    The Rockefeller family is a prominent American dynasty known for its vast oil-derived wealth, political influence, and extensive philanthropic and conservation efforts.
  • B. Carnegie family
    The Carnegie family is a prominent Scottish noble lineage historically associated with titles such as earls and baronets, most notably linked to the Earls of Southesk and Northesk.
  • C. Mellon family
    The Mellon family is a prominent American dynasty known for its vast banking and industrial fortune, major roles in politics and public service, and extensive philanthropic support of education, science, and the arts.
  • D. J. P. Morgan
    J. P. Morgan was a powerful American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Cornelius Vanderbilt
    Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American business magnate who built a vast fortune in shipping and railroads, becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential figures of the Gilded Age.
  • 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_69a493b21f2881908132dcf45dcd2f36 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b3f7a7608190b8a8dd2486654bec completed March 1, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a933b00a58819084164f3dd3ecb070 completed March 5, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a963a788f08190b8849631db63bf00 completed March 5, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac0da2d24881909e6f67cc9951efd2 completed March 7, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.