Triple
T18353206
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gordon Lightfoot |
E439720
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Canadian Railroad Trilogy |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Canadian Railroad Trilogy | Statement: [Gordon Lightfoot, notableWork, Canadian Railroad Trilogy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canadian Railroad Trilogy Context triple: [Gordon Lightfoot, notableWork, Canadian Railroad Trilogy]
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A.
North America’s Railroad
North America’s Railroad is the motto of Canadian National Railway, emphasizing its extensive rail network spanning Canada and parts of the United States.
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B.
The Railroad Stories
The Railroad Stories is a collection of Yiddish short stories by Sholem Aleichem that vividly portrays the lives, humor, and hardships of Eastern European Jewish travelers and small-town characters.
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C.
Overseas Railroad
The Overseas Railroad was a historic extension of the Florida East Coast Railway that connected mainland Florida to Key West across a series of long bridges over the Florida Keys.
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D.
The Railroad
The Railroad is a 19th-century American folk song, also known as "The Railway," that reflects the expansion of rail transport and its impact on society.
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E.
Chemin de fer du Nord
Chemin de fer du Nord was a major 19th–20th century French railway company that operated the rail network serving northern France and connecting Paris with Belgium and the United Kingdom via Channel ports.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canadian Railroad Trilogy Target entity description: "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is an epic folk song by Gordon Lightfoot that chronicles the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and reflects on Canada's national history and identity.
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A.
North America’s Railroad
North America’s Railroad is the motto of Canadian National Railway, emphasizing its extensive rail network spanning Canada and parts of the United States.
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B.
The Railroad Stories
The Railroad Stories is a collection of Yiddish short stories by Sholem Aleichem that vividly portrays the lives, humor, and hardships of Eastern European Jewish travelers and small-town characters.
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C.
Overseas Railroad
The Overseas Railroad was a historic extension of the Florida East Coast Railway that connected mainland Florida to Key West across a series of long bridges over the Florida Keys.
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D.
The Railroad
The Railroad is a 19th-century American folk song, also known as "The Railway," that reflects the expansion of rail transport and its impact on society.
-
E.
Chemin de fer du Nord
Chemin de fer du Nord was a major 19th–20th century French railway company that operated the rail network serving northern France and connecting Paris with Belgium and the United Kingdom via Channel ports.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69d8b918221c8190a9f7b563d64ac677 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e516d37bc08190abc9b4e8c937c914 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:54 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.