Triple
T646037
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boston and Maine Railroad |
E11243
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedByMergerOf |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Concord Railroad
Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
|
E81512
|
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: Concord Railroad | Statement: [Boston and Maine Railroad, formedByMergerOf, Concord Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Concord Railroad Context triple: [Boston and Maine Railroad, formedByMergerOf, Concord Railroad]
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A.
Fitchburg Railroad
The Fitchburg Railroad was a historic New England rail line that operated across Massachusetts and into Vermont, later becoming part of the Boston and Maine Railroad system.
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B.
Boston and Lowell Railroad
The Boston and Lowell Railroad was a 19th-century New England railway company that operated a key line between Boston and Lowell, Massachusetts, and later became part of larger regional rail systems.
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C.
Northern Central Railway
Northern Central Railway was a historic American railroad that operated primarily in Pennsylvania and Maryland, serving as an important north–south link in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad
The Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad was an early 19th-century American railroad that helped pioneer rail transportation in Maryland and Pennsylvania, eventually becoming part of the Northern Central Railway system.
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E.
Western and Atlantic Railroad
The Western and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century U.S. rail line in Georgia that played a crucial role in the development of Atlanta as a major transportation hub.
- 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: Concord Railroad Triple: [Boston and Maine Railroad, formedByMergerOf, Concord Railroad]
Generated description
Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Concord Railroad Target entity description: Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
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A.
Fitchburg Railroad
The Fitchburg Railroad was a historic New England rail line that operated across Massachusetts and into Vermont, later becoming part of the Boston and Maine Railroad system.
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B.
Boston and Lowell Railroad
The Boston and Lowell Railroad was a 19th-century New England railway company that operated a key line between Boston and Lowell, Massachusetts, and later became part of larger regional rail systems.
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C.
Northern Central Railway
Northern Central Railway was a historic American railroad that operated primarily in Pennsylvania and Maryland, serving as an important north–south link in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad
The Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad was an early 19th-century American railroad that helped pioneer rail transportation in Maryland and Pennsylvania, eventually becoming part of the Northern Central Railway system.
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E.
Western and Atlantic Railroad
The Western and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century U.S. rail line in Georgia that played a crucial role in the development of Atlanta as a major transportation hub.
- 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_69a493266a2881909daf4c40f719dee8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49f1b24b08190897d8aedb877bd83 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a58a716de88190854e13fb5143b9b3 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a58f0211cc81908da2813dd0c01be7 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a58f58dfa88190a29ba56270267d05 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.