Triple
T14917352
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pennsylvania Railroad K4s class |
E371413
|
entity |
| Predicate | successorTo |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Pennsylvania Railroad K3 class |
E76330
|
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: Pennsylvania Railroad K3 class | Statement: [Pennsylvania Railroad K4s class, successorTo, Pennsylvania Railroad K3 class]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pennsylvania Railroad K3 class Context triple: [Pennsylvania Railroad K4s class, successorTo, Pennsylvania Railroad K3 class]
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A.
Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR
The "Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR" refers to the Pennsylvania Railroad’s K4s class, a highly successful and iconic 4-6-2 steam locomotive that became the railroad’s primary passenger engine in the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
PRR K4s
chosen
The PRR K4s was a class of iconic 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotives that served as the primary passenger power for the Pennsylvania Railroad in the first half of the 20th century.
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C.
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshires
The Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshires were powerful high-speed steam freight locomotives famed for their role in hauling fast freight trains across the Nickel Plate Road in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Heisler locomotive
A Heisler locomotive is a type of geared steam locomotive, recognizable by its V‑twin cylinder arrangement and used primarily on logging and industrial railroads for hauling heavy loads over steep, rough track.
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E.
Norfolk and Western Class J
The Norfolk and Western Class J was a famed series of streamlined 4-8-4 steam locomotives renowned for their power, efficiency, and elegant design, used primarily for high-speed passenger service in the mid-20th century United States.
- 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_69d85cc7ea3481908228b5acb7d06f12 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded62038508190946499cd3552990e |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe9dc0fa288190935ddd3ce61f3721 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:32 a.m.