Triple

T1735976
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SNCF E37919 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord
Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord was a major 19th- and early 20th-century French railway company that operated lines in northern France and connected Paris with key industrial and international destinations.
 E194408 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: Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord | Statement: [SNCF, predecessor, Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord
Context triple: [SNCF, predecessor, Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord]
  • A. Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest
    Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest was a major 19th-century French railway company that operated lines in western France and played a key role in the expansion of the national rail network.
  • B. Canadian Northern Railway
    The Canadian Northern Railway was an early 20th-century Canadian transcontinental railway whose network later became a core component of the Canadian National Railway system.
  • C. Canadian National Railway
    Canadian National Railway is a major Canadian freight railway company that operates an extensive rail network across Canada and into the United States.
  • D. Great Northern Railway
    Great Northern Railway was a major American transcontinental railroad that operated in the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest.
  • E. Great Northern Railway
    The Great Northern Railway was a major British railway company that operated extensive routes across northern England and played a key role in the development of the region’s transport infrastructure during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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: Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord
Triple: [SNCF, predecessor, Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord]
Generated description
Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord was a major 19th- and early 20th-century French railway company that operated lines in northern France and connected Paris with key industrial and international destinations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord
Target entity description: Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord was a major 19th- and early 20th-century French railway company that operated lines in northern France and connected Paris with key industrial and international destinations.
  • A. Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest
    Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest was a major 19th-century French railway company that operated lines in western France and played a key role in the expansion of the national rail network.
  • B. Canadian Northern Railway
    The Canadian Northern Railway was an early 20th-century Canadian transcontinental railway whose network later became a core component of the Canadian National Railway system.
  • C. Canadian National Railway
    Canadian National Railway is a major Canadian freight railway company that operates an extensive rail network across Canada and into the United States.
  • D. Great Northern Railway
    Great Northern Railway was a major American transcontinental railroad that operated in the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest.
  • E. Great Northern Railway
    The Great Northern Railway was a major British railway company that operated extensive routes across northern England and played a key role in the development of the region’s transport infrastructure during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69a8861cc6ac8190ac0b2e31ccf62851 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63a369048190bae352573f5082f1 completed March 6, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad8b008b7881909ac568af010bcf99 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad979dc1dc81908b64e57298ae6017 completed March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad9836f4c8819098ba033b5f0d2a33 completed March 8, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.