Triple
T1114452
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 |
E11064
|
entity |
| Predicate | beneficiary |
P487
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Central Pacific Railroad Company of California |
E117141
|
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: Central Pacific Railroad Company of California | Statement: [Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862, beneficiary, Central Pacific Railroad Company of California]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Pacific Railroad Company of California Context triple: [Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862, beneficiary, Central Pacific Railroad Company of California]
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A.
Central Pacific Railroad
chosen
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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B.
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad was a major American railroad company that operated extensive rail networks across the western and southwestern United States from the 19th to the late 20th century.
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C.
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad is one of the largest freight rail networks in the United States, operating an extensive system that spans the western two-thirds of the country.
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D.
Western Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad was a major American railroad company that operated primarily in the western United States, known for its scenic transcontinental routes and competitive service against larger carriers like the Southern Pacific.
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E.
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest was a major 19th-century French railway company that operated lines in western France and played a key role in the expansion of the national rail network.
- 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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bba161e881908dcd1a66522abf5d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac8309594c8190986b048b8982f153 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.