Triple

T5083207
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad E114572 entity
Predicate operatedRoute P18593 FINISHED
Object Denver–Billings route
The Denver–Billings route was a regional rail line in the American West that connected Denver, Colorado, with Billings, Montana, serving as an important corridor for both passenger and freight traffic.
E492681 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: Denver–Billings route | Statement: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, operatedRoute, Denver–Billings route]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Denver–Billings route
Context triple: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, operatedRoute, Denver–Billings route]
  • A. Colorado Trail
    The Colorado Trail is a long-distance hiking and biking route spanning roughly 500 miles through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, renowned for its high-altitude scenery and diverse wilderness landscapes.
  • B. Panhandle Route
    The Panhandle Route was a major American railroad line operated by the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad that connected key Midwestern and Eastern cities as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system.
  • C. Bozeman Trail
    The Bozeman Trail was a 19th-century overland route through the Northern Plains that became a major flashpoint of conflict between the United States and Native American tribes during westward expansion.
  • D. Colorado State Highway 470
    Colorado State Highway 470 is a major beltway in the Denver metropolitan area that serves as a key commuter and bypass route around the southern suburbs.
  • E. Colorado State Highway 44
    Colorado State Highway 44 is a short state highway in the Denver metropolitan area that runs east–west through Adams County, serving suburban communities including Thornton.
  • 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: Denver–Billings route
Triple: [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, operatedRoute, Denver–Billings route]
Generated description
The Denver–Billings route was a regional rail line in the American West that connected Denver, Colorado, with Billings, Montana, serving as an important corridor for both passenger and freight traffic.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Denver–Billings route
Target entity description: The Denver–Billings route was a regional rail line in the American West that connected Denver, Colorado, with Billings, Montana, serving as an important corridor for both passenger and freight traffic.
  • A. Colorado Trail
    The Colorado Trail is a long-distance hiking and biking route spanning roughly 500 miles through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, renowned for its high-altitude scenery and diverse wilderness landscapes.
  • B. Panhandle Route
    The Panhandle Route was a major American railroad line operated by the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad that connected key Midwestern and Eastern cities as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system.
  • C. Bozeman Trail
    The Bozeman Trail was a 19th-century overland route through the Northern Plains that became a major flashpoint of conflict between the United States and Native American tribes during westward expansion.
  • D. Colorado State Highway 470
    Colorado State Highway 470 is a major beltway in the Denver metropolitan area that serves as a key commuter and bypass route around the southern suburbs.
  • E. Colorado State Highway 44
    Colorado State Highway 44 is a short state highway in the Denver metropolitan area that runs east–west through Adams County, serving suburban communities including Thornton.
  • 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_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.