Triple

T494549
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Building America E10262 entity
Predicate appearsOn P103 FINISHED
Object Union Pacific locomotives
Union Pacific locomotives are the diesel and electric engines operated by the Union Pacific Railroad, known for hauling freight across a vast rail network in the western and central United States.
E2147 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: Union Pacific locomotives | Statement: [Building America, appearsOn, Union Pacific locomotives]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Pacific locomotives
Context triple: [Building America, appearsOn, Union Pacific locomotives]
  • A. Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive
    The Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive is a distinctive class of steam engines with the cab placed at the front for crew safety, famously used by the Southern Pacific Railroad to haul trains through long, smoky mountain tunnels and snow sheds in the American West.
  • B. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive
    The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive is a powerful steam engine from the famed Santa Fe Railway, known for hauling high-speed passenger and heavy freight trains across the American West in the mid-20th century.
  • C. 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.
  • D. GG1 electric locomotive
    The GG1 electric locomotive was a streamlined, high-speed electric locomotive class that became an iconic workhorse of American railroading, particularly in the Northeast corridor, during much of the 20th century.
  • 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: Union Pacific locomotives
Triple: [Building America, appearsOn, Union Pacific locomotives]
Generated description
Union Pacific locomotives are the diesel and electric engines operated by the Union Pacific Railroad, known for hauling freight across a vast rail network in the western and central United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Pacific locomotives
Target entity description: Union Pacific locomotives are the diesel and electric engines operated by the Union Pacific Railroad, known for hauling freight across a vast rail network in the western and central United States.
  • A. Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive
    The Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive is a distinctive class of steam engines with the cab placed at the front for crew safety, famously used by the Southern Pacific Railroad to haul trains through long, smoky mountain tunnels and snow sheds in the American West.
  • B. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive
    The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive is a powerful steam engine from the famed Santa Fe Railway, known for hauling high-speed passenger and heavy freight trains across the American West in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Union Pacific Railroad chosen
    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.
  • D. GG1 electric locomotive
    The GG1 electric locomotive was a streamlined, high-speed electric locomotive class that became an iconic workhorse of American railroading, particularly in the Northeast corridor, during much of the 20th century.
  • 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.

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_69a2e847df8481909239ec08ccf1e376 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f0fdd5608190815fa36485df8962 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a47d2c33bc81909d0743ca3ef96c00 completed March 1, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a480d0d5608190b9adf3bc9803e765 completed March 1, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4811bb2fc81909f524d172f7ba9b7 completed March 1, 2026, 6:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.