Triple
T6868656
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mattoon, Illinois |
E158481
|
entity |
| Predicate | locatedOn |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Illinois Central Railroad (historical) |
E147157
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Illinois Central Railroad (historical) | Statement: [Mattoon, Illinois, locatedOn, Illinois Central Railroad (historical)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois Central Railroad (historical) Context triple: [Mattoon, Illinois, locatedOn, Illinois Central Railroad (historical)]
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A.
Illinois Central Railroad
chosen
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, commonly known as the Monon Railroad, was a regional railroad that connected key Midwestern cities and played a significant role in the transportation network of Indiana and surrounding states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c68831e3648190a643c328122e4d43 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d8a793a481909340239c065393a4 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7583c2548819096f8e1b8d1d34fcf |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:22 p.m.