Triple
T5377117
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chicago and North Western Railway Company |
E112986
|
entity |
| Predicate | ownedSubsidiary |
P254
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Chicago Great Western Railway
The Chicago Great Western Railway was a regional American railroad that operated in the Midwest, known for its efficient freight service and eventual absorption into larger rail systems.
|
E514949
|
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 Great Western Railway | Statement: [Chicago and North Western Railway Company, ownedSubsidiary, Chicago Great Western Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago Great Western Railway Context triple: [Chicago and North Western Railway Company, ownedSubsidiary, Chicago Great Western Railway]
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A.
Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad was an interurban electric railway that once connected Chicago with its western suburbs, playing a key role in regional commuter transit in the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad was an interurban electric railway that operated between Chicago and Milwaukee, providing high-speed commuter and intercity service along the Lake Michigan shoreline in the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
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D.
Chicago Railways Company
The Chicago Railways Company was a major early 20th-century street railway operator in Chicago that formed a key part of the city’s urban transit system before consolidation into unified public transportation.
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E.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
- 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 Great Western Railway Triple: [Chicago and North Western Railway Company, ownedSubsidiary, Chicago Great Western Railway]
Generated description
The Chicago Great Western Railway was a regional American railroad that operated in the Midwest, known for its efficient freight service and eventual absorption into larger rail systems.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago Great Western Railway Target entity description: The Chicago Great Western Railway was a regional American railroad that operated in the Midwest, known for its efficient freight service and eventual absorption into larger rail systems.
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A.
Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad was an interurban electric railway that once connected Chicago with its western suburbs, playing a key role in regional commuter transit in the early to mid-20th century.
-
B.
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad was an interurban electric railway that operated between Chicago and Milwaukee, providing high-speed commuter and intercity service along the Lake Michigan shoreline in the early to mid-20th century.
-
C.
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
-
D.
Chicago Railways Company
The Chicago Railways Company was a major early 20th-century street railway operator in Chicago that formed a key part of the city’s urban transit system before consolidation into unified public transportation.
-
E.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
- 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_69bd4436a1988190af18dcff7fd306b4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd86b08bf881909fa2e42c977d807a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf29428cec8190a20bea8fcae59d8f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf29ba3e1c8190987f22566a9ec806 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf2a489ec88190bbeb628b4903607c |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.