Triple
T11423391
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Texas and New Orleans Railroad |
E270683
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Houston and Texas Central Railway |
E455639
|
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: Houston and Texas Central Railway | Statement: [Texas and New Orleans Railroad, predecessor, Houston and Texas Central Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houston and Texas Central Railway Context triple: [Texas and New Orleans Railroad, predecessor, Houston and Texas Central Railway]
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A.
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
chosen
The Houston and Texas Central Railroad was a major 19th-century Texas rail line that played a key role in opening up the state’s interior to settlement, commerce, and economic development.
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B.
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
The Texas and New Orleans Railroad was a major regional rail carrier in Texas and Louisiana that became a key component of the Southern Pacific system in the American Southwest.
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C.
Texas and Pacific Railway
The Texas and Pacific Railway was a major 19th- and 20th-century American railroad that operated across Texas and into the southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional transportation and economic development.
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D.
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway, commonly known as the Cotton Belt, was a regional U.S. railroad that primarily served the south-central states and later became part of the Southern Pacific system.
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E.
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway was a major North American freight railroad that operated a core network linking the U.S. Midwest with the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
- 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d801b357e88190ace56d36a945688f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5b8a1e88c8190994bea88a0490e60 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:24 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.