Triple

T5481820
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burlington Northern Railroad E123481 entity
Predicate formedByMergerOf P77 FINISHED
Object Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad E114572 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: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | Statement: [Burlington Northern Railroad, formedByMergerOf, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Context triple: [Burlington Northern Railroad, formedByMergerOf, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]
  • A. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad chosen
    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.
  • B. Chicago and North Western Railway Company
    The Chicago and North Western Railway Company was a major Midwestern American railroad that operated an extensive network of lines connecting Chicago with the upper Midwest and Great Plains from the 19th through the 20th century.
  • C. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
    The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was a major Midwestern U.S. railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services, notably connecting Chicago with cities across the Great Plains and Southwest, until its final liquidation in the 1980s.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69bd4648883481909e9775d43300c5fa completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd924bac088190b7d08df91534b0bc completed March 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf70dcb0c881909d9aaf0050a5c27b completed March 22, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m.