Triple
T3760672
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
E82151
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPredecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Southern Railway |
E84776
|
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: Southern Railway | Statement: [Norfolk Southern Corporation, hasPredecessor, Southern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Railway Context triple: [Norfolk Southern Corporation, hasPredecessor, Southern Railway]
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A.
Southern Railway (U.S.)
chosen
Southern Railway (U.S.) was a major American Class I railroad that operated primarily in the southeastern United States before becoming a key predecessor of Norfolk Southern Railway.
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B.
Southern Railway (UK)
Southern Railway (UK) was a major British railway company formed in 1923 that operated routes in southern England, including busy commuter and coastal lines, until nationalisation in 1948.
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C.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a major U.S. railroad that operated primarily in the southeastern United States, known for its passenger and freight services along the Atlantic seaboard before its mid-20th-century mergers.
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D.
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was a major Class I railroad in the southeastern United States, formed in 1967 and known for both freight operations and prominent passenger services before becoming part of CSX Transportation.
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E.
Seaboard System Railroad
Seaboard System Railroad was a major U.S. freight railroad of the 1980s that consolidated several southeastern carriers and later became part of CSX Transportation.
- 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_69ad8b1db40081908b61ffa6b78afd4d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adcbc553a08190ba361675901496ed |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4e5172abc81909cfa709ea866dc57 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:33 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:35 p.m.