Triple
T13032578
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad |
E326478
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Wilmington and Weldon Railroad |
E326470
|
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: Wilmington and Weldon Railroad | Statement: [Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, predecessor, Wilmington and Weldon Railroad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Context triple: [Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, predecessor, Wilmington and Weldon Railroad]
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A.
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
chosen
The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was a 19th-century North Carolina rail line that became a key component of the later Atlantic Coast Line system and was once among the longest railroads in the world.
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B.
Wilmington and Western Railroad
The Wilmington and Western Railroad is a historic heritage railway in northern Delaware that operates scenic tourist excursions through the Red Clay Creek valley.
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C.
Petersburg and Weldon Railroad
The Petersburg and Weldon Railroad was a key Confederate rail line in Virginia that served as a vital supply route to Petersburg and Richmond during the American Civil War.
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D.
North Carolina Railroad
The North Carolina Railroad is a historic rail corridor running across the state of North Carolina that underpins much of its modern passenger and freight rail service.
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E.
South Carolina Railroad
The South Carolina Railroad was a pioneering 19th-century American railway that played a key role in early Southern transportation and commerce.
- 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_69d8076cc45c81908123123f43e69266 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d97efe72348190b52fb4068f5fb829 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6cbcd25108190a6c4a129cde81534 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 4:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:54 p.m.