Triple
T22862480
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Great Northern Railway |
E566961
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway | Statement: [Great Northern Railway, predecessor, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Context triple: [Great Northern Railway, predecessor, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway]
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A.
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was a regional railroad in the Midwestern United States that primarily served agricultural areas by connecting smaller communities to major rail hubs.
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B.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway was a Midwestern U.S. railroad system that operated extensive regional passenger and freight services, particularly across Wisconsin, Minnesota, and surrounding states.
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C.
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road, was a major Midwestern and transcontinental U.S. railroad renowned for its electrified lines and passenger services.
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D.
Soo Line Railroad
The Soo Line Railroad was a major U.S. Midwestern railroad, primarily serving the upper Midwest and closely associated with Canadian Pacific Railway’s operations in the United States.
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E.
Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
Great Northern Railway (U.S.) was a major transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest and playing a key role in the region’s economic development.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Target entity description: The St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway was a 19th-century American railroad that formed a key part of the network later consolidated into the Great Northern Railway.
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A.
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was a regional railroad in the Midwestern United States that primarily served agricultural areas by connecting smaller communities to major rail hubs.
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B.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway was a Midwestern U.S. railroad system that operated extensive regional passenger and freight services, particularly across Wisconsin, Minnesota, and surrounding states.
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C.
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road, was a major Midwestern and transcontinental U.S. railroad renowned for its electrified lines and passenger services.
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D.
Soo Line Railroad
The Soo Line Railroad was a major U.S. Midwestern railroad, primarily serving the upper Midwest and closely associated with Canadian Pacific Railway’s operations in the United States.
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E.
Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
Great Northern Railway (U.S.) was a major transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest and playing a key role in the region’s economic development.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e24589083081908d5694c4fdc80086 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f17efdc3b08190be03d856aa86b277 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:46 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:37 p.m.