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 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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.