Triple

T892211
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Locomotive Company E19263 entity
Predicate formedByMergerOf P77 FINISHED
Object Richmond Locomotive Works
Richmond Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Richmond, Virginia.
 E112173 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: Richmond Locomotive Works | Statement: [American Locomotive Company, formedByMergerOf, Richmond Locomotive Works]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richmond Locomotive Works
Context triple: [American Locomotive Company, formedByMergerOf, Richmond Locomotive Works]
  • A. Manchester Locomotive Works
    Manchester Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
  • B. Brooks Locomotive Works
    Brooks Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
  • C. Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
    Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
  • D. Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
    Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives and railroad cars that later became part of the American Locomotive Company.
  • E. Schenectady Locomotive Works
    Schenectady Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Schenectady, New York, that later became a key component of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
  • 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: Richmond Locomotive Works
Triple: [American Locomotive Company, formedByMergerOf, Richmond Locomotive Works]
Generated description
Richmond Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Richmond, Virginia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richmond Locomotive Works
Target entity description: Richmond Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Richmond, Virginia.
  • A. Manchester Locomotive Works
    Manchester Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
  • B. Brooks Locomotive Works
    Brooks Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
  • C. Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
    Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
  • D. Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
    Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives and railroad cars that later became part of the American Locomotive Company.
  • E. Schenectady Locomotive Works
    Schenectady Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Schenectady, New York, that later became a key component of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
  • 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_69a4939d37188190848be3d426ebc9ae completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ad0304b081908d4c92bb2beadb81 completed March 1, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a9339ba2e48190872fd771386ba321 completed March 5, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a963a5b8648190b21d9edaf3d053d2 completed March 5, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a9641f3a5c81908894097ab2177c43 completed March 5, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.