Triple
T20179063
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
E492677
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedByMergerOf |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska |
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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: Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska | Statement: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, formedByMergerOf, Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska Context triple: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, formedByMergerOf, Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska]
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A.
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska
chosen
The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska was a 19th-century Midwestern railroad whose lines became a key part of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad system.
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B.
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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C.
Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad
The Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad is a regional freight railroad operating primarily in the Dakotas, providing transportation services for agricultural and industrial commodities.
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D.
Colorado Central Railroad
The Colorado Central Railroad was a 19th-century narrow-gauge railroad in Colorado that played a key role in serving the region’s mining communities and connecting mountain towns to larger rail networks.
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E.
Pacific Railroad (Missouri)
Pacific Railroad (Missouri) was one of the earliest major railroads in Missouri, playing a key role in developing rail transport from St. Louis westward in the mid-19th century.
- 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_69da6268a034819081cbd9ea5a1c9475 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e668ed07c8819091bd9ffda237a91c |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:36 p.m.