Triple
T9668421
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Highland branch |
E233763
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicUse |
P2417
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Boston and Albany Railroad route |
E233762
|
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: Boston and Albany Railroad route | Statement: [Highland branch, historicUse, Boston and Albany Railroad route]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston and Albany Railroad route Context triple: [Highland branch, historicUse, Boston and Albany Railroad route]
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A.
Boston–Albany rail corridor
The Boston–Albany rail corridor is a key east–west passenger and freight rail route linking Boston, Massachusetts with Albany, New York across the heart of New England.
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B.
Boston and Maine Railroad main line
The Boston and Maine Railroad main line was a major New England rail corridor that formed the core route of the Boston and Maine Railroad, connecting Boston with key cities and towns across northern Massachusetts and beyond.
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C.
Boston and Albany Railroad Highland branch
The Boston and Albany Railroad Highland branch was a former suburban rail line in the Boston area that later became the right-of-way for the MBTA Green Line D branch light rail service.
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D.
Boston and Albany Railroad
chosen
The Boston and Albany Railroad was a historic rail line that connected Boston, Massachusetts to Albany, New York, playing a major role in 19th- and early 20th-century transportation and commerce in the region.
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E.
Burlington Route
Burlington Route was the popular name for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, a major Midwestern U.S. railroad known for its extensive passenger and freight services.
- 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_69ca848d3b6c8190ae98ea554dea58df |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9c3c06e4819080c1b8e66faa482f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d18a208798819088db055e44d288e3 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:15 p.m.