Triple

T399797
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gustave Eiffel E9253 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest was a major 19th-century French railway company that operated lines in western France and played a key role in the expansion of the national rail network.
E55072 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: Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest | Statement: [Gustave Eiffel, employer, Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest
Context triple: [Gustave Eiffel, employer, Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest]
  • 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.
  • B. Missouri Pacific Railroad
    Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
  • C. Chicago Railways Company
    The Chicago Railways Company was a major early 20th-century street railway operator in Chicago that formed a key part of the city’s urban transit system before consolidation into unified public transportation.
  • D. Union Pacific Railroad
    Union Pacific Railroad is one of the largest freight rail networks in the United States, operating an extensive system that spans the western two-thirds of the country.
  • E. BNSF Railway
    BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, operating an extensive system that spans the United States and parts of Canada and Mexico.
  • 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: Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest
Triple: [Gustave Eiffel, employer, Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest]
Generated description
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest was a major 19th-century French railway company that operated lines in western France and played a key role in the expansion of the national rail network.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest
Target entity description: Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest was a major 19th-century French railway company that operated lines in western France and played a key role in the expansion of the national rail network.
  • 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.
  • B. Missouri Pacific Railroad
    Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
  • C. Chicago Railways Company
    The Chicago Railways Company was a major early 20th-century street railway operator in Chicago that formed a key part of the city’s urban transit system before consolidation into unified public transportation.
  • D. Union Pacific Railroad
    Union Pacific Railroad is one of the largest freight rail networks in the United States, operating an extensive system that spans the western two-thirds of the country.
  • E. BNSF Railway
    BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, operating an extensive system that spans the United States and parts of Canada and Mexico.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec8e655c819081eff85c0ef55fa5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a43667f180819099661c2cc5d8b188 completed March 1, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a436e9fc9081909faf007c593e9537 completed March 1, 2026, 12:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a43755152881909a4dfa8b31a0aad6 completed March 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.