Triple
T6959169
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sierra Railway of California |
E161322
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale)
Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale) refers to the major western U.S. rail network’s route and junction at Oakdale, California, which served as a key interchange point with the Sierra Railway of California.
|
E631448
|
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: Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale) | Statement: [Sierra Railway of California, connectedTo, Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale) Context triple: [Sierra Railway of California, connectedTo, Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale)]
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A.
Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch
The Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch was a 19th-century rail line that later evolved into the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, helping open the American Midwest and Southwest to expanded transportation and commerce.
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B.
Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision
The Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision is a key freight and passenger rail corridor in Northern California that connects the East Bay with the Central Valley and is used by services such as the Altamont Corridor Express.
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C.
Sacramento Southern Railroad
The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railway in Sacramento, California, offering excursion train rides along the Sacramento River as part of the California State Railroad Museum’s operations.
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D.
California Western Railroad
California Western Railroad is a historic short-line railway in Northern California, best known for its scenic "Skunk Train" excursions through the redwood forests between Willits and Fort Bragg.
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E.
Union Pacific Railroad Martinez Subdivision
The Union Pacific Railroad Martinez Subdivision is a key freight and passenger rail corridor in Northern California that runs along the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay and through the Carquinez Strait area.
- 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: Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale) Triple: [Sierra Railway of California, connectedTo, Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale)]
Generated description
Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale) refers to the major western U.S. rail network’s route and junction at Oakdale, California, which served as a key interchange point with the Sierra Railway of California.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale) Target entity description: Southern Pacific Railroad (via Oakdale) refers to the major western U.S. rail network’s route and junction at Oakdale, California, which served as a key interchange point with the Sierra Railway of California.
-
A.
Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch
The Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch was a 19th-century rail line that later evolved into the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, helping open the American Midwest and Southwest to expanded transportation and commerce.
-
B.
Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision
The Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision is a key freight and passenger rail corridor in Northern California that connects the East Bay with the Central Valley and is used by services such as the Altamont Corridor Express.
-
C.
Sacramento Southern Railroad
The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railway in Sacramento, California, offering excursion train rides along the Sacramento River as part of the California State Railroad Museum’s operations.
-
D.
California Western Railroad
California Western Railroad is a historic short-line railway in Northern California, best known for its scenic "Skunk Train" excursions through the redwood forests between Willits and Fort Bragg.
-
E.
Union Pacific Railroad Martinez Subdivision
The Union Pacific Railroad Martinez Subdivision is a key freight and passenger rail corridor in Northern California that runs along the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay and through the Carquinez Strait area.
- 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_69c75893a4808190b94a70d8823a01d3 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c759d65a008190a6121949651dcd5c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c75a7a0af88190abf9d1dc4efd8b29 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:29 p.m.