Triple

T1022845
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States Railroad Administration E22076 entity
Predicate notableOutput P1448 FINISHED
Object USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design
The USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design was a standardized World War I–era American steam freight locomotive type known for its robust construction, high tractive effort, and widespread use across multiple railroads.
E121801 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: USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design | Statement: [United States Railroad Administration, notableOutput, USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design
Context triple: [United States Railroad Administration, notableOutput, USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design]
  • A. USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design
    The USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design was a widely adopted standard World War I–era American steam freight locomotive, known for its balanced power, efficiency, and influence on subsequent 2-8-2 designs.
  • B. USRA standard steam locomotive designs
    USRA standard steam locomotive designs were a series of standardized steam locomotive types created during World War I to simplify and unify locomotive production and maintenance across U.S. railroads.
  • C. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive
    The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive is a powerful steam engine from the famed Santa Fe Railway, known for hauling high-speed passenger and heavy freight trains across the American West in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive
    The Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive is a distinctive class of steam engines with the cab placed at the front for crew safety, famously used by the Southern Pacific Railroad to haul trains through long, smoky mountain tunnels and snow sheds in the American West.
  • E. USRA standard freight car designs
    USRA standard freight car designs were a series of standardized freight car types created during World War I to simplify and unify railroad equipment across U.S. railroads.
  • 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: USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design
Triple: [United States Railroad Administration, notableOutput, USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design]
Generated description
The USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design was a standardized World War I–era American steam freight locomotive type known for its robust construction, high tractive effort, and widespread use across multiple railroads.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design
Target entity description: The USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design was a standardized World War I–era American steam freight locomotive type known for its robust construction, high tractive effort, and widespread use across multiple railroads.
  • A. USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design
    The USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design was a widely adopted standard World War I–era American steam freight locomotive, known for its balanced power, efficiency, and influence on subsequent 2-8-2 designs.
  • B. USRA standard steam locomotive designs chosen
    USRA standard steam locomotive designs were a series of standardized steam locomotive types created during World War I to simplify and unify locomotive production and maintenance across U.S. railroads.
  • C. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive
    The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive is a powerful steam engine from the famed Santa Fe Railway, known for hauling high-speed passenger and heavy freight trains across the American West in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive
    The Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive is a distinctive class of steam engines with the cab placed at the front for crew safety, famously used by the Southern Pacific Railroad to haul trains through long, smoky mountain tunnels and snow sheds in the American West.
  • E. USRA standard freight car designs
    USRA standard freight car designs were a series of standardized freight car types created during World War I to simplify and unify railroad equipment across U.S. railroads.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a493d6e380819097b384986ffc315c completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7e0f8908190bfe0a4cd8b31dfed completed March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac42947f2c8190b83c6b958987cb7b completed March 7, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac43d060608190b8c5ce73b95bee46 completed March 7, 2026, 3:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac443cdea081909b937aba21d878c7 completed March 7, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.