Triple

T18168062
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philip Van Doren Stern E434946 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object Lincoln and the Railroads
"Lincoln and the Railroads" is a historical study examining Abraham Lincoln’s relationship with the railroad industry and how it shaped his legal career, political rise, and presidency.
E1309985 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: Lincoln and the Railroads | Statement: [Philip Van Doren Stern, wrote, Lincoln and the Railroads]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lincoln and the Railroads
Context triple: [Philip Van Doren Stern, wrote, Lincoln and the Railroads]
  • A. The Railroad
    The Railroad is a 19th-century American folk song, also known as "The Railway," that reflects the expansion of rail transport and its impact on society.
  • B. Railroads: Their Origin and Problems
    Railroads: Their Origin and Problems is a historical and analytical study by Charles Francis Adams Jr. examining the development, economic impact, and regulatory challenges of the American railroad system.
  • C. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years
    Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years is a biographical work by Carl Sandburg that chronicles Abraham Lincoln’s early life and formative years on the American frontier.
  • D. Lincoln's Dreams
    Lincoln's Dreams is a critically acclaimed speculative novel by Connie Willis that intertwines Civil War history with a contemporary story about dreams, memory, and the lingering impact of trauma.
  • E. The Railroad Stories
    The Railroad Stories is a collection of Yiddish short stories by Sholem Aleichem that vividly portrays the lives, humor, and hardships of Eastern European Jewish travelers and small-town characters.
  • 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: Lincoln and the Railroads
Triple: [Philip Van Doren Stern, wrote, Lincoln and the Railroads]
Generated description
"Lincoln and the Railroads" is a historical study examining Abraham Lincoln’s relationship with the railroad industry and how it shaped his legal career, political rise, and presidency.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lincoln and the Railroads
Target entity description: "Lincoln and the Railroads" is a historical study examining Abraham Lincoln’s relationship with the railroad industry and how it shaped his legal career, political rise, and presidency.
  • A. The Railroad
    The Railroad is a 19th-century American folk song, also known as "The Railway," that reflects the expansion of rail transport and its impact on society.
  • B. Railroads: Their Origin and Problems
    Railroads: Their Origin and Problems is a historical and analytical study by Charles Francis Adams Jr. examining the development, economic impact, and regulatory challenges of the American railroad system.
  • C. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years
    Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years is a biographical work by Carl Sandburg that chronicles Abraham Lincoln’s early life and formative years on the American frontier.
  • D. Lincoln's Dreams
    Lincoln's Dreams is a critically acclaimed speculative novel by Connie Willis that intertwines Civil War history with a contemporary story about dreams, memory, and the lingering impact of trauma.
  • E. The Railroad Stories
    The Railroad Stories is a collection of Yiddish short stories by Sholem Aleichem that vividly portrays the lives, humor, and hardships of Eastern European Jewish travelers and small-town characters.
  • 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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4df52f8b08190ab2c4d76b510cd28 completed April 19, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a038fc6c5008190a5ade67801d6df75 completed May 12, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03914c5f6081908963548dc01a524a completed May 12, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03925c322081909d435251e869194d completed May 12, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.