Triple
T7226331
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad |
E154788
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway |
E28754
|
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: Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway | Statement: [Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, predecessor, Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Context triple: [Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, predecessor, Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway]
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A.
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
chosen
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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B.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
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C.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was a major American railroad that became one of the largest and most influential rail systems in the United States, central to the development of the Southwest.
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D.
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway was a major North American freight railroad that operated a core network linking the U.S. Midwest with the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
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E.
Texas and Pacific Railway
The Texas and Pacific Railway was a major 19th- and 20th-century American railroad that operated across Texas and into the southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional transportation and economic development.
- 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_69c68811dd1c8190ac460bb39e64e1f0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e9de21e081908f30700f6211c5ef |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7eecda0548190b12b1bc36b42e7ea |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:54 p.m.