Triple

T5083198
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad E114572 entity
Predicate formedFrom P402 FINISHED
Object Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was a pioneering 19th-century rail line in Missouri, notable as one of the first railroads to cross the state and for carrying early Pony Express mail.
E493675 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: Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad | Statement: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, formedFrom, Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Context triple: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, formedFrom, Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad]
  • A. Concord Railroad
    Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
  • B. Burlington Route
    Burlington Route was the popular name for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, a major Midwestern U.S. railroad known for its extensive passenger and freight services.
  • C. Rutland Railroad
    The Rutland Railroad was a regional railroad in the northeastern United States that primarily served Vermont and parts of New York, playing a key role in the area's freight and passenger transportation during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Alloway and Quinton Railroad
    The Alloway and Quinton Railroad was a small regional rail line in southern New Jersey that later became part of the larger West Jersey and Seashore Railroad system.
  • E. St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
    The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Triple: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, formedFrom, Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad]
Generated description
The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was a pioneering 19th-century rail line in Missouri, notable as one of the first railroads to cross the state and for carrying early Pony Express mail.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Target entity description: The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was a pioneering 19th-century rail line in Missouri, notable as one of the first railroads to cross the state and for carrying early Pony Express mail.
  • A. Concord Railroad
    Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
  • B. Burlington Route
    Burlington Route was the popular name for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, a major Midwestern U.S. railroad known for its extensive passenger and freight services.
  • C. Rutland Railroad
    The Rutland Railroad was a regional railroad in the northeastern United States that primarily served Vermont and parts of New York, playing a key role in the area's freight and passenger transportation during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Alloway and Quinton Railroad
    The Alloway and Quinton Railroad was a small regional rail line in southern New Jersey that later became part of the larger West Jersey and Seashore Railroad system.
  • E. St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
    The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, commonly known as the Frisco, was a major American railroad that operated in the central and south-central United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69bd443dbf908190a9401e9c2dc7bd7d completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7517af308190bab5507a9344bf68 completed March 20, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beba6f3eb48190b544bf743829cb0c completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebbf5c968819093aaca8a09b2ea14 completed March 21, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebc8e25e08190bad1791a97b6482d completed March 21, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:39 p.m.