Triple

T4059591
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Southern Railway (U.S.) E84776 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Alabama Great Southern Railroad
The Alabama Great Southern Railroad was a historic rail line in the southeastern United States that later became part of the Southern Railway system.
E410889 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: Alabama Great Southern Railroad | Statement: [Southern Railway (U.S.), predecessor, Alabama Great Southern Railroad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Context triple: [Southern Railway (U.S.), predecessor, Alabama Great Southern Railroad]
  • A. Georgia Railroad
    The Georgia Railroad was a 19th-century American railway company that played a key role in developing transportation and commerce across the state of Georgia.
  • B. Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
    The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that connected parts of Mississippi with Tennessee, contributing to regional transportation and economic development in the American South.
  • C. Western and Atlantic Railroad
    The Western and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century U.S. rail line in Georgia that played a crucial role in the development of Atlanta as a major transportation hub.
  • D. Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad
    The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century rail line in Florida that played a key role in opening and developing the Florida Panhandle by connecting it to major transportation networks.
  • 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. 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: Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Triple: [Southern Railway (U.S.), predecessor, Alabama Great Southern Railroad]
Generated description
The Alabama Great Southern Railroad was a historic rail line in the southeastern United States that later became part of the Southern Railway system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Target entity description: The Alabama Great Southern Railroad was a historic rail line in the southeastern United States that later became part of the Southern Railway system.
  • A. Georgia Railroad
    The Georgia Railroad was a 19th-century American railway company that played a key role in developing transportation and commerce across the state of Georgia.
  • B. Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
    The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that connected parts of Mississippi with Tennessee, contributing to regional transportation and economic development in the American South.
  • C. Western and Atlantic Railroad
    The Western and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century U.S. rail line in Georgia that played a crucial role in the development of Atlanta as a major transportation hub.
  • D. Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad
    The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century rail line in Florida that played a key role in opening and developing the Florida Panhandle by connecting it to major transportation networks.
  • 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. 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_69aed933bec881909edfa28ebb69c634 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefbd32c0c8190bc575974ccf831b3 completed March 9, 2026, 4:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b562a98c488190a7e77cd46ff998bc completed March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5637cd5b881909a930ecb33eed991 completed March 14, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b564603b4881909e80970aa21e3db4 completed March 14, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.