Triple
T2395079
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Pacific Railroad |
E47630
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Central Pacific–Southern Pacific system |
E117141
|
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: Central Pacific–Southern Pacific system | Statement: [Southern Pacific Railroad, partOf, Central Pacific–Southern Pacific system]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Pacific–Southern Pacific system Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, partOf, Central Pacific–Southern Pacific system]
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A.
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad was a major American railroad company that operated extensive rail networks across the western and southwestern United States from the 19th to the late 20th century.
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B.
Western Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad was a major American railroad company that operated primarily in the western United States, known for its scenic transcontinental routes and competitive service against larger carriers like the Southern Pacific.
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C.
Central Pacific Railroad
chosen
The Central Pacific Railroad was a major 19th-century American railroad company that built the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad, linking California to the eastern United States and transforming transportation and commerce.
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D.
Northern Pacific Railway
The Northern Pacific Railway was a major transcontinental railroad in the northern United States that played a key role in opening and developing the Pacific Northwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad was a historic rail line in Northern California that connected the San Francisco Bay Area to communities throughout Marin, Sonoma, and Humboldt counties, supporting regional passenger and freight transport.
- 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_69aeb3dc44dc819099b8914b878c5638 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.