Triple

T2892721
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Western Maryland Railway E63864 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Western Maryland Rail Road Company E63864 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 Maryland Rail Road Company | Statement: [Western Maryland Railway, predecessor, Western Maryland Rail Road Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Western Maryland Rail Road Company
Context triple: [Western Maryland Railway, predecessor, Western Maryland Rail Road Company]
  • A. Western Maryland Railway chosen
    Western Maryland Railway was a historic regional railroad that operated primarily in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, known for hauling coal and freight through the Appalachian region before being absorbed into larger rail systems.
  • B. Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad
    The Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad was an early 19th-century American railroad that helped pioneer rail transportation in Maryland and Pennsylvania, eventually becoming part of the Northern Central Railway system.
  • C. Cumberland Valley Railroad
    The Cumberland Valley Railroad was a historic American railroad that operated primarily in south-central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, playing a key role in regional transportation during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
    The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that formed a key segment of the main corridor linking the northeastern United States, particularly connecting Philadelphia with points south.
  • E. Norfolk Southern Hagerstown District
    The Norfolk Southern Hagerstown District is a freight rail line in the eastern United States operated by Norfolk Southern Railway, connecting key points in the Mid-Atlantic region including areas around Hagerstown, Maryland.
  • 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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0 completed March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe062234c81909411e34db7d2683d completed March 7, 2026, 8:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0317e15248190bade0f0fd930581a completed March 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:07 p.m.