Triple

T5083204
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad E114572 entity
Predicate operatedRoute P18593 FINISHED
Object Chicago–Denver main line
The Chicago–Denver main line was a key transcontinental rail corridor linking Chicago with Denver and serving as a major route for both passenger and freight traffic across the Midwest and Great Plains.
E93270 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: Chicago–Denver main line | Statement: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, operatedRoute, Chicago–Denver main line]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago–Denver main line
Context triple: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, operatedRoute, Chicago–Denver main line]
  • A. Union Pacific West Line
    The Union Pacific West Line is a commuter rail route in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs between downtown Chicago and western suburbs, providing daily passenger service as part of the Metra system.
  • B. Great Western Main Line
    The Great Western Main Line is a major intercity railway route in England that connects London with key cities in the west, including Bristol and South Wales.
  • C. Chicago & North Western West Line
    The Chicago & North Western West Line was a historic commuter rail route in the Chicago area that later became part of Metra’s Union Pacific West Line.
  • D. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line
    The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line is a major transcontinental freight rail corridor in the United States that carries heavy rail traffic across key western routes, including the desert region near Needles, California.
  • E. Union Pacific North Line
    The Union Pacific North Line is a Metra commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs north from downtown Chicago through suburbs along Lake Michigan into Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  • 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: Chicago–Denver main line
Triple: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, operatedRoute, Chicago–Denver main line]
Generated description
The Chicago–Denver main line was a key transcontinental rail corridor linking Chicago with Denver and serving as a major route for both passenger and freight traffic across the Midwest and Great Plains.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago–Denver main line
Target entity description: The Chicago–Denver main line was a key transcontinental rail corridor linking Chicago with Denver and serving as a major route for both passenger and freight traffic across the Midwest and Great Plains.
  • A. Union Pacific West Line
    The Union Pacific West Line is a commuter rail route in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs between downtown Chicago and western suburbs, providing daily passenger service as part of the Metra system.
  • B. Great Western Main Line
    The Great Western Main Line is a major intercity railway route in England that connects London with key cities in the west, including Bristol and South Wales.
  • C. Chicago & North Western West Line
    The Chicago & North Western West Line was a historic commuter rail route in the Chicago area that later became part of Metra’s Union Pacific West Line.
  • D. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line chosen
    The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line is a major transcontinental freight rail corridor in the United States that carries heavy rail traffic across key western routes, including the desert region near Needles, California.
  • E. Union Pacific North Line
    The Union Pacific North Line is a Metra commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs north from downtown Chicago through suburbs along Lake Michigan into Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  • 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_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_69beb135912c81909dd32d21b604e1b1 completed March 21, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69beb3ea65b081908efa86e273f50da9 completed March 21, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69beb44cd56c81909faf4c6485169315 completed March 21, 2026, 3:07 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:39 p.m.