Triple
T4385228
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | UP Express |
E99224
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectsWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | VIA Rail Canada |
E127380
|
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: VIA Rail Canada | Statement: [UP Express, connectsWith, VIA Rail Canada]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VIA Rail Canada Context triple: [UP Express, connectsWith, VIA Rail Canada]
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A.
Via Rail
chosen
Via Rail is Canada's national intercity passenger rail service, operating train routes that connect major cities and regions across the country.
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B.
Canadian National Railway
Canadian National Railway is a major Canadian freight railway company that operates an extensive rail network across Canada and into the United States.
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C.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway is a historic Canadian transcontinental railway company that played a central role in the country’s development and later expanded into a major transportation and hospitality conglomerate.
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D.
NI Railways
NI Railways is the primary passenger rail operator in Northern Ireland, running the region’s railway network and services.
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E.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited is a major North American freight railway company formed by the merger of Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern, operating an extensive rail network connecting Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
- 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_69b3454f739481909ff6c28331f0c0b9 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b35264e44c81908dd0e0a81f1353bb |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e526e35c8190838c59e402da3c89 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:19 p.m.