Triple
T17819164
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cairo, Illinois |
E444928
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectedBy |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Illinois Central Railroad |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Illinois Central Railroad | Statement: [Cairo, Illinois, connectedBy, Illinois Central Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois Central Railroad Context triple: [Cairo, Illinois, connectedBy, Illinois Central Railroad]
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A.
Illinois Central Railroad
chosen
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
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B.
Illinois Terminal Railroad
Illinois Terminal Railroad was an interurban electric railway system that operated in central Illinois, providing both passenger and freight service during the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
Chicago and Alton Railroad
The Chicago and Alton Railroad was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century Midwestern U.S. railroad that connected Chicago with central and southern Illinois and Missouri, playing a key role in regional passenger and freight transport.
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D.
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad was a regional U.S. railroad that primarily served Illinois and neighboring states, later becoming part of the Missouri Pacific (MoPac) system.
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E.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9f0de78819099395b14db75a8a6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e489101aa48190a1439d8cb683bba9 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:15 a.m.