Triple
T20179077
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
E492677
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedRoute |
P18593
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Chicago–Billings
Chicago–Billings was a major rail route connecting Chicago, Illinois, with Billings, Montana, serving as an important corridor for passenger and freight traffic across the northern United States.
|
E1417207
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Chicago–Billings | Statement: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, operatedRoute, Chicago–Billings]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago–Billings Context triple: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, operatedRoute, Chicago–Billings]
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A.
St. Louis–Dallas
St. Louis–Dallas refers to the intercity rail corridor linking St. Louis, Missouri, with Dallas, Texas, historically served by passenger trains such as the Texas Special.
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B.
Pittsburgh–St. Louis
Pittsburgh–St. Louis refers to the intercity rail corridor linking Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with St. Louis, Missouri, historically used by major Midwestern and Eastern railroads.
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C.
Chicago and Milwaukee
Chicago and Milwaukee are two major Midwestern U.S. cities located along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, known for their cultural, economic, and historical significance.
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D.
Chicago–San Diego
Chicago–San Diego was a prominent transcontinental passenger rail route of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway connecting the Midwest to Southern California.
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E.
Cleveland–St. Louis
Cleveland–St. Louis was a principal intercity rail corridor in the Midwestern United States that connected Cleveland, Ohio, with St. Louis, Missouri.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Chicago–Billings Triple: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, operatedRoute, Chicago–Billings]
Generated description
Chicago–Billings was a major rail route connecting Chicago, Illinois, with Billings, Montana, serving as an important corridor for passenger and freight traffic across the northern United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago–Billings Target entity description: Chicago–Billings was a major rail route connecting Chicago, Illinois, with Billings, Montana, serving as an important corridor for passenger and freight traffic across the northern United States.
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A.
St. Louis–Dallas
St. Louis–Dallas refers to the intercity rail corridor linking St. Louis, Missouri, with Dallas, Texas, historically served by passenger trains such as the Texas Special.
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B.
Pittsburgh–St. Louis
Pittsburgh–St. Louis refers to the intercity rail corridor linking Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with St. Louis, Missouri, historically used by major Midwestern and Eastern railroads.
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C.
Chicago and Milwaukee
Chicago and Milwaukee are two major Midwestern U.S. cities located along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, known for their cultural, economic, and historical significance.
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D.
Chicago–San Diego
Chicago–San Diego was a prominent transcontinental passenger rail route of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway connecting the Midwest to Southern California.
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E.
Cleveland–St. Louis
Cleveland–St. Louis was a principal intercity rail corridor in the Midwestern United States that connected Cleveland, Ohio, with St. Louis, Missouri.
- 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_69da6268a034819081cbd9ea5a1c9475 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e668ed07c8819091bd9ffda237a91c |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a083c7b9fa08190bbf3c3da21ab21ba |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a084094eccc8190834a1335f3b70411 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0841a3f8e0819099c13e76d5f4285d |
completed | May 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:36 p.m.