Triple
T4992876
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richmond Locomotive Works |
E112173
|
entity |
| Predicate | servedMarket |
P2193
|
FINISHED |
| Object | North American railroads |
E62345
|
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: North American railroads | Statement: [Richmond Locomotive Works, servedMarket, North American railroads]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North American railroads Context triple: [Richmond Locomotive Works, servedMarket, North American railroads]
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A.
North American rail network
chosen
The North American rail network is an extensive, interconnected system of freight and passenger rail lines spanning the United States, Canada, and Mexico, operated by multiple major and regional railroads.
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B.
North America’s Railroad
North America’s Railroad is the motto of Canadian National Railway, emphasizing its extensive rail network spanning Canada and parts of the United States.
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C.
Appalachian railroads
Appalachian railroads are the network of rail lines that traverse the Appalachian Mountains, historically crucial for transporting coal, timber, and other resources through this rugged region of the eastern United States.
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D.
Union Pacific mainline routes
Union Pacific mainline routes are the railroad’s primary high-capacity freight corridors that carry long-distance trains across its network, including through major facilities like Bailey Yard.
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E.
Mexican railroads
Mexican railroads comprise the national railway network of Mexico, historically vital for freight and passenger transport and now focused primarily on cargo services across the country and into the United States.
- 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_69bd441be7bc8190b530362d427b97d2 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd729d3d448190a414a003a75104f6 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be8a2d71c08190be1d3397585ca65c |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:34 p.m.