Triple

T3760736
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norfolk Southern Railway E82152 entity
Predicate operatesInState P794 FINISHED
Object Delaware
Delaware is a small Mid-Atlantic U.S. state on the Atlantic coast, known for being the first state to ratify the Constitution and for its business-friendly corporate laws.
E19537 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Delaware | Statement: [Norfolk Southern Railway, operatesInState, Delaware]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Delaware
Context triple: [Norfolk Southern Railway, operatesInState, Delaware]
  • A. Maryland and Delaware
    Maryland and Delaware are two neighboring Mid-Atlantic U.S. states on the East Coast, known respectively for the Chesapeake Bay and the city of Baltimore, and for its Atlantic beaches and role as the nation’s first state to ratify the Constitution.
  • B. Maryland
    Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
  • C. Rhode Island
    Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area, located in New England on the Atlantic coast and known for its colonial history and maritime heritage.
  • D. Province of Delaware
    The Province of Delaware was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of Delaware.
  • E. New Hampshire
    New Hampshire is a small New England state in the northeastern United States known for its mountainous landscapes, early presidential primary, and “Live Free or Die” motto.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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: Delaware
Triple: [Norfolk Southern Railway, operatesInState, Delaware]
Generated description
Delaware is a small Mid-Atlantic U.S. state on the Atlantic coast, known for being the first state to ratify the Constitution and for its business-friendly corporate laws.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Delaware
Target entity description: Delaware is a small Mid-Atlantic U.S. state on the Atlantic coast, known for being the first state to ratify the Constitution and for its business-friendly corporate laws.
  • A. Maryland and Delaware
    Maryland and Delaware are two neighboring Mid-Atlantic U.S. states on the East Coast, known respectively for the Chesapeake Bay and the city of Baltimore, and for its Atlantic beaches and role as the nation’s first state to ratify the Constitution.
  • B. Maryland
    Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
  • C. Rhode Island
    Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area, located in New England on the Atlantic coast and known for its colonial history and maritime heritage.
  • D. Province of Delaware chosen
    The Province of Delaware was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of Delaware.
  • E. New Hampshire
    New Hampshire is a small New England state in the northeastern United States known for its mountainous landscapes, early presidential primary, and “Live Free or Die” motto.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (5 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_69b4f02fb680819092ea86040b4b5bcf completed March 14, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4f1048f948190a915354c30517ef5 completed March 14, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4f4bbf4508190958091e841e796a3 completed March 14, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:35 p.m.