Triple
T1090077
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cornelius Vanderbilt |
E24141
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | New York Central Railroad system |
E26481
|
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: New York Central Railroad system | Statement: [Cornelius Vanderbilt, founded, New York Central Railroad system]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York Central Railroad system Context triple: [Cornelius Vanderbilt, founded, New York Central Railroad system]
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A.
New York Central Railroad
chosen
New York Central Railroad was one of the largest and most influential American railroads, known for its extensive network in the northeastern United States and iconic passenger trains like the 20th Century Limited.
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B.
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad was an early 20th-century rapid transit system that operated tunnels and trains between Manhattan and New Jersey, forming the core of what is now the PATH system.
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C.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the earliest and most influential American railroads, playing a key role in the development of U.S. transportation and commerce in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad was a major railroad in the northeastern United States that operated extensive passenger and freight services across New England and into New York City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
New York Central Railroad main line
The New York Central Railroad main line, famously known as the Water Level Route, was a major U.S. rail corridor connecting the Midwest to the East Coast along relatively flat terrain that followed river valleys and the Great Lakes.
- 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_69a49404428c819092dcc9632f5f7b8b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b97f216881909e9b8943ce2078e4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac763a7cd481909bf83a2e67c0d9f5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.