Triple

T1336196
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad E28754 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch
The Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch was a 19th-century rail line that later evolved into the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, helping open the American Midwest and Southwest to expanded transportation and commerce.
E162209 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: Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch | Statement: [Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, predecessor, Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch
Context triple: [Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, predecessor, Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch]
  • A. St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
    The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
  • B. Sacramento Southern Railroad
    The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railway in Sacramento, California, offering excursion train rides along the Sacramento River as part of the California State Railroad Museum’s operations.
  • C. Winchester and Western Railroad
    Winchester and Western Railroad is a regional shortline railroad that operates freight services in parts of the Mid-Atlantic United States, including the South Jersey area.
  • 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.
  • E. Virginia and Truckee Railroad
    The Virginia and Truckee Railroad was a historic 19th-century short-line railway in Nevada that played a crucial role in transporting ore, supplies, and passengers for the Comstock Lode mining boom.
  • 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: Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch
Triple: [Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, predecessor, Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch]
Generated description
The Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch was a 19th-century rail line that later evolved into the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, helping open the American Midwest and Southwest to expanded transportation and commerce.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch
Target entity description: The Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch was a 19th-century rail line that later evolved into the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, helping open the American Midwest and Southwest to expanded transportation and commerce.
  • A. St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
    The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
  • B. Sacramento Southern Railroad
    The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railway in Sacramento, California, offering excursion train rides along the Sacramento River as part of the California State Railroad Museum’s operations.
  • C. Winchester and Western Railroad
    Winchester and Western Railroad is a regional shortline railroad that operates freight services in parts of the Mid-Atlantic United States, including the South Jersey area.
  • 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.
  • E. Virginia and Truckee Railroad
    The Virginia and Truckee Railroad was a historic 19th-century short-line railway in Nevada that played a crucial role in transporting ore, supplies, and passengers for the Comstock Lode mining boom.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69a498561a508190a3e1bc137c2b866a completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c1ecb5208190a9eadda113c91e66 completed March 1, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ace56298708190819518926b2b608f completed March 8, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ace639296881909dc3fe52720d120d completed March 8, 2026, 3 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ace7730cf08190a4e0329be205da3f completed March 8, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.