Triple
T6619651
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hastings, Nebraska |
E149642
|
entity |
| Predicate | railroadServedByHistorically |
P782
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad
The St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that formed part of an important east–west route across the Great Plains, helping connect Midwestern communities to broader national rail networks.
|
E608486
|
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: St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad | Statement: [Hastings, Nebraska, railroadServedByHistorically, St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Context triple: [Hastings, Nebraska, railroadServedByHistorically, St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad]
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A.
Carson and Colorado Railway
The Carson and Colorado Railway was a narrow-gauge railroad that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily serving remote mining regions in Nevada and eastern California.
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B.
Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad
The Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad is a heritage tourist railway in Leadville, Colorado, offering scenic rides through the Rocky Mountains along historic narrow-gauge mining routes.
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C.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad was a historic U.S. railroad known for its scenic mountain routes through Colorado and Utah and its role in transcontinental passenger and freight service.
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D.
Union Pacific West Line
The Union Pacific West Line is a commuter rail route in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs between downtown Chicago and western suburbs, providing daily passenger service as part of the Metra system.
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E.
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad was a historic 19th-century short-line railway in Nevada that played a crucial role in transporting ore, supplies, and passengers for the Comstock Lode mining boom.
- 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: St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Triple: [Hastings, Nebraska, railroadServedByHistorically, St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad]
Generated description
The St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that formed part of an important east–west route across the Great Plains, helping connect Midwestern communities to broader national rail networks.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Target entity description: The St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad was a 19th-century rail line that formed part of an important east–west route across the Great Plains, helping connect Midwestern communities to broader national rail networks.
-
A.
Carson and Colorado Railway
The Carson and Colorado Railway was a narrow-gauge railroad that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily serving remote mining regions in Nevada and eastern California.
-
B.
Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad
The Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad is a heritage tourist railway in Leadville, Colorado, offering scenic rides through the Rocky Mountains along historic narrow-gauge mining routes.
-
C.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad was a historic U.S. railroad known for its scenic mountain routes through Colorado and Utah and its role in transcontinental passenger and freight service.
-
D.
Union Pacific West Line
The Union Pacific West Line is a commuter rail route in the Chicago metropolitan area that runs between downtown Chicago and western suburbs, providing daily passenger service as part of the Metra system.
-
E.
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad was a historic 19th-century short-line railway in Nevada that played a crucial role in transporting ore, supplies, and passengers for the Comstock Lode mining boom.
- 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_69c687ed8a9c81908bb671717cb192ef |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d0a262808190a33ac94374affde4 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6eee8740881908b4fafb12db6b7f3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6f09ffdd481909418ae33d1683486 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6f159cbf08190a22d7488584b4580 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:58 p.m.