Triple
T7181536
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grand Trunk Railway |
E167457
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyRoute |
P5619
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Montreal–Portland line
The Montreal–Portland line was a major Grand Trunk Railway route that connected inland Canada with the ice-free Atlantic port of Portland, Maine, facilitating year-round transatlantic trade.
|
E647281
|
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: Montreal–Portland line | Statement: [Grand Trunk Railway, keyRoute, Montreal–Portland line]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Montreal–Portland line Context triple: [Grand Trunk Railway, keyRoute, Montreal–Portland line]
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A.
Grande Ceinture line
The Grande Ceinture line is a major orbital railway route encircling Paris, historically used for freight and suburban passenger services to connect the outer suburbs and bypass the city center.
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B.
Quebec City–Windsor Corridor
The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor is Canada’s most densely populated and heavily traveled urban and transportation corridor, stretching through major cities in Quebec and Ontario including Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Windsor.
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C.
Exo Vaudreuil–Hudson line
The Exo Vaudreuil–Hudson line is a commuter rail service in the Greater Montreal area that connects downtown Montreal with western suburbs including Vaudreuil-Dorion and Hudson.
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D.
Waterloo to Exeter Line
The Waterloo to Exeter Line is a major railway route in southern England connecting London with Exeter via towns in Surrey, Hampshire, and Dorset.
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E.
Waterloo–Reading line
The Waterloo–Reading line is a suburban and regional railway route in southern England that connects London Waterloo with Reading, serving numerous commuter towns in Surrey and Berkshire.
- 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: Montreal–Portland line Triple: [Grand Trunk Railway, keyRoute, Montreal–Portland line]
Generated description
The Montreal–Portland line was a major Grand Trunk Railway route that connected inland Canada with the ice-free Atlantic port of Portland, Maine, facilitating year-round transatlantic trade.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Montreal–Portland line Target entity description: The Montreal–Portland line was a major Grand Trunk Railway route that connected inland Canada with the ice-free Atlantic port of Portland, Maine, facilitating year-round transatlantic trade.
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A.
Grande Ceinture line
The Grande Ceinture line is a major orbital railway route encircling Paris, historically used for freight and suburban passenger services to connect the outer suburbs and bypass the city center.
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B.
Quebec City–Windsor Corridor
The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor is Canada’s most densely populated and heavily traveled urban and transportation corridor, stretching through major cities in Quebec and Ontario including Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Windsor.
-
C.
Exo Vaudreuil–Hudson line
The Exo Vaudreuil–Hudson line is a commuter rail service in the Greater Montreal area that connects downtown Montreal with western suburbs including Vaudreuil-Dorion and Hudson.
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D.
Waterloo to Exeter Line
The Waterloo to Exeter Line is a major railway route in southern England connecting London with Exeter via towns in Surrey, Hampshire, and Dorset.
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E.
Waterloo–Reading line
The Waterloo–Reading line is a suburban and regional railway route in southern England that connects London Waterloo with Reading, serving numerous commuter towns in Surrey and Berkshire.
- 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_69c6888a7c548190a3d39b52a393080f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e8bc25088190a7d7f3ba2461b5e9 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7b93d04ec8190ac5c5bf9ace7eca1 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7b9e55f84819099af471a65bb68aa |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7ba9317548190946e21c2731d58a7 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:49 p.m.