Triple

T6959143
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sierra Railway of California E161322 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Thomas S. Bullock
Thomas S. Bullock was an American railroad entrepreneur best known for developing and leading the Sierra Railway of California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E685533 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: Thomas S. Bullock | Statement: [Sierra Railway of California, founder, Thomas S. Bullock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas S. Bullock
Context triple: [Sierra Railway of California, founder, Thomas S. Bullock]
  • A. Louis T. Wigfall
    Louis T. Wigfall was a prominent Texas politician and Confederate general during the American Civil War, known for his fiery oratory and staunch secessionist views.
  • B. Edwin J. Houston
    Edwin J. Houston was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and educator who co-founded General Electric and made significant contributions to the development and popularization of electrical power systems.
  • C. Henry B. Steagall
    Henry B. Steagall was an American Democratic congressman from Alabama best known for his key role in New Deal–era financial legislation, including coauthoring the landmark Glass–Steagall Act.
  • D. Thomas J. Rusk
    Thomas J. Rusk was a prominent 19th-century American and Texan political and military leader who helped secure Texas independence and later served as a U.S. senator from the state.
  • E. Roger Mills
    Roger Mills is a name shared by several notable individuals, including American politicians and public figures.
  • 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: Thomas S. Bullock
Triple: [Sierra Railway of California, founder, Thomas S. Bullock]
Generated description
Thomas S. Bullock was an American railroad entrepreneur best known for developing and leading the Sierra Railway of California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas S. Bullock
Target entity description: Thomas S. Bullock was an American railroad entrepreneur best known for developing and leading the Sierra Railway of California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Louis T. Wigfall
    Louis T. Wigfall was a prominent Texas politician and Confederate general during the American Civil War, known for his fiery oratory and staunch secessionist views.
  • B. Edwin J. Houston
    Edwin J. Houston was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and educator who co-founded General Electric and made significant contributions to the development and popularization of electrical power systems.
  • C. Henry B. Steagall
    Henry B. Steagall was an American Democratic congressman from Alabama best known for his key role in New Deal–era financial legislation, including coauthoring the landmark Glass–Steagall Act.
  • D. Thomas J. Rusk
    Thomas J. Rusk was a prominent 19th-century American and Texan political and military leader who helped secure Texas independence and later served as a U.S. senator from the state.
  • E. Roger Mills
    Roger Mills is a name shared by several notable individuals, including American politicians and public figures.
  • 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_69c68852a9a0819097797e31d492e273 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6daedbb4c8190b46846fb1265b937 completed March 27, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8be0bdd2881909b5bea69765d696f completed March 29, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8bf487b7c819096c63772c8220341 completed March 29, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8bfadc0888190b8c350a55d004980 completed March 29, 2026, 5:59 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:29 p.m.