Triple
T8846090
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Waterloo East |
E210507
|
entity |
| Predicate | laterRailwayCompany |
P55892
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Southern Railway |
E102970
|
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: Southern Railway | Statement: [Waterloo East, laterRailwayCompany, Southern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Railway Context triple: [Waterloo East, laterRailwayCompany, Southern Railway]
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A.
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Southern Railway (U.S.) was a major American Class I railroad that operated primarily in the southeastern United States before becoming a key predecessor of Norfolk Southern Railway.
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B.
Southern Railway (UK)
chosen
Southern Railway (UK) was a major British railway company formed in 1923 that operated routes in southern England, including busy commuter and coastal lines, until nationalisation in 1948.
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C.
Canada Southern Railway
Canada Southern Railway was a 19th- and early 20th-century railway company that operated a key east–west main line across southern Ontario, providing an important international link between the U.S. and Canada.
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D.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a major U.S. railroad that operated primarily in the southeastern United States, known for its passenger and freight services along the Atlantic seaboard before its mid-20th-century mergers.
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E.
Piedmont and Northern Railway
The Piedmont and Northern Railway was an early 20th-century electric interurban and freight railroad that operated in the Carolinas and later became part of larger southeastern U.S. rail systems.
- 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_69ca838967bc8190b46c3c80a2887ea4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc60a7c518819095399976148e1b9a |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf89b5acbc8190b0f5a81af71fc7aa |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:48 p.m.