Triple
T2016582
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Henry Vanderbilt |
E44007
|
entity |
| Predicate | managed |
P3234
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway |
E123608
|
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: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway | Statement: [William Henry Vanderbilt, managed, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Context triple: [William Henry Vanderbilt, managed, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway]
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A.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
chosen
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway was a major 19th-century American railroad that formed a key part of the New York Central system, linking the Great Lakes region with the Eastern United States.
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B.
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad was an interurban electric railway that operated between Chicago and Milwaukee, providing high-speed commuter and intercity service along the Lake Michigan shoreline in the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad was a historic rail line in the Midwestern United States that connected southern Michigan and northern Indiana to resort and timber regions along Lake Michigan and into northern Michigan.
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D.
Milwaukee Road
The Milwaukee Road was a major American railroad that operated an extensive Midwestern and Pacific Northwest network, noted especially for its electrified mountain routes and eventual bankruptcy in the late 20th century.
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E.
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central Railroad was a major 19th- and early 20th-century American railroad company that operated key passenger and freight routes across Michigan and the Great Lakes region, connecting to Chicago and the broader Midwest rail network.
- 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_69a8891201bc8190aca837be6de41579 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb8ccdb7c81909f6b3c96f79fcdfc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0aef0fe88190adf9cd218cf7d8b4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.