Triple
T164735
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pennsylvania Railroad |
E2987
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norfolk Southern Railway |
E11672
|
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: Norfolk Southern Railway | Statement: [Pennsylvania Railroad, successor, Norfolk Southern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk Southern Railway Context triple: [Pennsylvania Railroad, successor, Norfolk Southern Railway]
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A.
Norfolk Southern Railway
chosen
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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B.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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C.
BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, operating an extensive system that spans the United States and parts of Canada and Mexico.
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D.
Western and Atlantic Railroad
The Western and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century U.S. rail line in Georgia that played a crucial role in the development of Atlanta as a major transportation hub.
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E.
Conrail
Conrail was a major U.S. freight railroad formed in the 1970s to take over and revitalize the operations of several bankrupt Northeastern railroads.
- 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_69a2524ce1e48190ab066bf72859f474 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:26 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a258827da481909b20ea5e9d21676f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a30cc5130c81908346cf86a23a6285 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:41 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.