Triple

T6844657
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jarvis Hunt E157861 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Chicago and Alton Railroad
The Chicago and Alton Railroad was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century Midwestern U.S. railroad that connected Chicago with central and southern Illinois and Missouri, playing a key role in regional passenger and freight transport.
E624857 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: Chicago and Alton Railroad | Statement: [Jarvis Hunt, employer, Chicago and Alton Railroad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago and Alton Railroad
Context triple: [Jarvis Hunt, employer, Chicago and Alton Railroad]
  • A. 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.
  • B. New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
    The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the Nickel Plate Road, was a prominent Midwestern and Great Lakes region railroad in the United States that operated major freight and passenger services between key industrial cities.
  • 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, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
    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.
  • E. Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
    The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad was an interurban electric railway that once connected Chicago with its western suburbs, playing a key role in regional commuter transit in the early to mid-20th century.
  • 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: Chicago and Alton Railroad
Triple: [Jarvis Hunt, employer, Chicago and Alton Railroad]
Generated description
The Chicago and Alton Railroad was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century Midwestern U.S. railroad that connected Chicago with central and southern Illinois and Missouri, playing a key role in regional passenger and freight transport.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chicago and Alton Railroad
Target entity description: The Chicago and Alton Railroad was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century Midwestern U.S. railroad that connected Chicago with central and southern Illinois and Missouri, playing a key role in regional passenger and freight transport.
  • A. 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.
  • B. New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
    The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the Nickel Plate Road, was a prominent Midwestern and Great Lakes region railroad in the United States that operated major freight and passenger services between key industrial cities.
  • 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, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
    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.
  • E. Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
    The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad was an interurban electric railway that once connected Chicago with its western suburbs, playing a key role in regional commuter transit in the early to mid-20th century.
  • 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_69c6882ed4c081909dc465a7cf8838be completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d6b8627081908e34d2b942d08aef completed March 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c74271b9dc8190abbe3b1f9819c38f completed March 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7435af2b481908e06b3ec72dae7da completed March 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7443919ec819089040e50462864d1 completed March 28, 2026, 3 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:19 p.m.