Triple
T646063
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boston and Maine Railroad |
E11243
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRoute |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Boston–Concord main line
The Boston–Concord main line was a principal intercity rail corridor in New England that connected Boston, Massachusetts with Concord, New Hampshire, serving as a key route for the Boston and Maine Railroad.
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E85632
|
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: Boston–Concord main line | Statement: [Boston and Maine Railroad, notableRoute, Boston–Concord main line]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston–Concord main line Context triple: [Boston and Maine Railroad, notableRoute, Boston–Concord main line]
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A.
Boston–Portland main line
The Boston–Portland main line is a historic New England railroad corridor connecting Boston, Massachusetts, with Portland, Maine, that has long served as a key passenger and freight route along the region’s coast.
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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.
MBTA Fitchburg Line
The MBTA Fitchburg Line is a commuter rail route in the Greater Boston area that runs between Boston and Fitchburg, serving numerous suburban communities along the way.
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D.
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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E.
Haverhill Line
The Haverhill Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail route running between Boston and the city of Haverhill, serving communities in the Merrimack Valley.
- 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: Boston–Concord main line Triple: [Boston and Maine Railroad, notableRoute, Boston–Concord main line]
Generated description
The Boston–Concord main line was a principal intercity rail corridor in New England that connected Boston, Massachusetts with Concord, New Hampshire, serving as a key route for the Boston and Maine Railroad.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston–Concord main line Target entity description: The Boston–Concord main line was a principal intercity rail corridor in New England that connected Boston, Massachusetts with Concord, New Hampshire, serving as a key route for the Boston and Maine Railroad.
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A.
Boston–Portland main line
The Boston–Portland main line is a historic New England railroad corridor connecting Boston, Massachusetts, with Portland, Maine, that has long served as a key passenger and freight route along the region’s coast.
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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.
MBTA Fitchburg Line
The MBTA Fitchburg Line is a commuter rail route in the Greater Boston area that runs between Boston and Fitchburg, serving numerous suburban communities along the way.
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D.
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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E.
Haverhill Line
The Haverhill Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail route running between Boston and the city of Haverhill, serving communities in the Merrimack Valley.
- 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_69a5dc93fd28819088ece7790ff19270 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5debae16081909f167598cb20dbf6 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5fe46b8f48190b6a7e96fcac30d9f |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.