Triple
T1422807
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive |
E30261
|
entity |
| Predicate | introducedBy |
P513
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Southern Pacific Railroad mechanical department |
E47630
|
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: Southern Pacific Railroad mechanical department | Statement: [Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive, introducedBy, Southern Pacific Railroad mechanical department]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Pacific Railroad mechanical department Context triple: [Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive, introducedBy, Southern Pacific Railroad mechanical department]
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A.
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.
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B.
Union Pacific Yard
Union Pacific Yard is a rail yard facility operated by the Union Pacific Railroad for organizing, storing, and dispatching freight trains and rolling stock.
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C.
Union Pacific inspection cars
Union Pacific inspection cars are specially outfitted railroad cars used by the Union Pacific Railroad to carry officials and inspectors for track, infrastructure, and operational evaluations along the rail network.
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D.
Locomotive Works
Locomotive Works is the section of the Derby railway works dedicated to the construction, maintenance, and repair of railway locomotives.
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E.
Southern Pacific Railroad
chosen
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.
- 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_69a498fb823c8190a67ce4c4837e641a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c4ba798881909c2259987248b030 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad0161e23c819099a1c72627f13dd0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.