Triple
T20179096
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
E492677
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | BNSF Railway (indirect) |
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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: BNSF Railway (indirect) | Statement: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, successor, BNSF Railway (indirect)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BNSF Railway (indirect) Context triple: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, successor, BNSF Railway (indirect)]
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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.
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B.
BNSF Railway line
The BNSF Railway line is a major freight and passenger rail corridor operated by BNSF Railway that runs through multiple Midwestern and Western states in the United States.
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C.
BNSF Scenic Subdivision
The BNSF Scenic Subdivision is a major BNSF Railway line through Washington state’s Cascade Mountains, known for its steep grades, tunnels, and use by both freight and passenger trains.
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D.
BNSF Railway (Raton Subdivision, historically/partly)
BNSF Railway’s Raton Subdivision is a rail line in the American Southwest, historically known for its steep, scenic crossing of Raton Pass as part of a key transcontinental route.
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E.
Union Pacific North Line
The Union Pacific North Line is a Metra commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs north from downtown Chicago through suburbs along Lake Michigan into Kenosha, Wisconsin.
- 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.