Triple

T646068
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boston and Maine Railroad E11243 entity
Predicate connectedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central Railroad was a major New England railroad that operated extensive freight and passenger services across Maine and neighboring states from the 19th through the 20th century.
 E85633 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: Maine Central Railroad | Statement: [Boston and Maine Railroad, connectedTo, Maine Central Railroad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Maine Central Railroad
Context triple: [Boston and Maine Railroad, connectedTo, Maine Central Railroad]
  • A. Boston and Maine Railroad
    The Boston and Maine Railroad was a major New England railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and surrounding states from the 19th through the mid-20th century.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Concord Railroad
    Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
  • E. Eastern Railroad (of Massachusetts)
    Eastern Railroad (of Massachusetts) was a 19th-century New England railroad company that operated routes north of Boston and later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad system.
  • 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: Maine Central Railroad
Triple: [Boston and Maine Railroad, connectedTo, Maine Central Railroad]
Generated description
Maine Central Railroad was a major New England railroad that operated extensive freight and passenger services across Maine and neighboring states from the 19th through the 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Maine Central Railroad
Target entity description: Maine Central Railroad was a major New England railroad that operated extensive freight and passenger services across Maine and neighboring states from the 19th through the 20th century.
  • A. Boston and Maine Railroad
    The Boston and Maine Railroad was a major New England railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and surrounding states from the 19th through the mid-20th century.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Concord Railroad
    Concord Railroad was a 19th-century New Hampshire railroad company that later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad through consolidation.
  • E. Eastern Railroad (of Massachusetts)
    Eastern Railroad (of Massachusetts) was a 19th-century New England railroad company that operated routes north of Boston and later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad system.
  • 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.