Triple
T2395068
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Pacific Railroad |
E47630
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedInRegion |
P6665
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Western United States |
E1418
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Western United States | Statement: [Southern Pacific Railroad, operatedInRegion, Western United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western United States Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, operatedInRegion, Western United States]
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A.
western United States
chosen
The western United States is a broad region of the country known for its diverse landscapes, including major mountain ranges, deserts, and Pacific coastline, as well as large urban centers and significant cultural and economic influence.
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B.
Intermountain West
The Intermountain West is a region of the western United States characterized by its arid basins, high plateaus, and mountain ranges situated between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada/Cascade ranges.
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C.
southwestern United States
The southwestern United States is a largely arid region encompassing parts of states like Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and California, known for its deserts, canyons, and diverse indigenous and Hispanic cultural influences.
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D.
Western Region
Western Region is one of Ghana’s primary administrative regions, located in the southwestern part of the country and known for its rich natural resources, including gold, bauxite, and offshore oil.
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E.
US West
US West was a regional Bell operating company that provided local telephone and telecommunications services in the western United States following the breakup of AT&T.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88a1c450c81909f61abb8b6863885 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc879b1b88190be8d0337d9a17bd0 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af1f7ac4c8819091132fa9cb265552 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.