Triple

T187884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Empire Builder E4022 entity
Predicate successorOperator P5677 FINISHED
Object Burlington Northern Railroad E3839 NE FINISHED

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: Burlington Northern Railroad | Statement: [Empire Builder, successorOperator, Burlington Northern Railroad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burlington Northern Railroad
Context triple: [Empire Builder, successorOperator, Burlington Northern Railroad]
  • A. BNSF Railway chosen
    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.
  • B. Union Pacific Railroad
    Union Pacific Railroad is one of the largest freight rail networks in the United States, operating an extensive system that spans the western two-thirds of the country.
  • C. Missouri Pacific Railroad
    Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
  • D. Norfolk Southern Railway
    Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
  • E. CSX Transportation
    CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: successorOperator
Context triple: [Empire Builder, successorOperator, Burlington Northern Railroad]
  • A. successor
    Indicates that one entity directly follows another in an ordered sequence or position.
  • B. successorState
    Indicates that one state directly follows another as the immediate next state in a sequence or process.
  • C. successorInCommand
    Indicates that one entity is designated to assume command authority immediately after another entity, typically when the latter is unavailable or their term ends.
  • D. successorProtocol
    Indicates that one protocol directly follows and replaces another in sequence or versioning.
  • E. successorBody
    Indicates that one body or entity directly follows and replaces another in a sequence or succession.
  • 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_69a25497e2f08190a040f8c6e1842643 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2594940e48190a3d8efbce46241c3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a35e9fb768819087282451ec8051b0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a25672332081909386f35f3ca15dd2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a25738b5108190866fd704fceee18a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.