Triple

T25077754
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad E628097 entity
Predicate usedMotivePowerFromManufacturer P138023 FINISHED
Object Alco
Alco (American Locomotive Company) was a major American manufacturer of steam and diesel locomotives that supplied motive power to numerous railroads in the 20th century.
E1664443 NE FINISHED

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: Alco | Statement: [Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, usedMotivePowerFromManufacturer, Alco]
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Alco
Triple: [Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, usedMotivePowerFromManufacturer, Alco]
Generated description
Alco (American Locomotive Company) was a major American manufacturer of steam and diesel locomotives that supplied motive power to numerous railroads in the 20th century.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usedMotivePowerFromManufacturer
Context triple: [Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, usedMotivePowerFromManufacturer, Alco]
  • A. hasMotivePowerType
    Indicates that an entity (such as a vehicle or machine) operates using a specified type of motive power (e.g., electric, diesel, steam).
  • B. enginePower
    Indicates the power output produced by an engine, typically quantifying its capability to perform work or generate mechanical energy.
  • C. shaftPowerType
    Indicates the type or category of power transmitted through a shaft in a mechanical or propulsion system.
  • D. vehiclePower
    Indicates the amount or type of power a vehicle can produce or is rated to deliver.
  • E. usedManufacturer chosen
    Indicates that an entity has employed or sourced products, components, or services from a particular manufacturer.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69e2ff2e73f881909992bf3eda5c25cb completed April 18, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f48b9b687881908fd87a2f5fa0b1e7 completed May 1, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a1048e1900c8190a6697997fcb25336 completed May 22, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a104c1f2e448190b0ee1a8c0bca7520 completed May 22, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a104d107b088190aad51efff7bcef1e completed May 22, 2026, 12:33 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69f48060597c8190a4414e4e4fcb1fec completed May 1, 2026, 10:28 a.m.
Created at: April 18, 2026, 6:21 a.m.