Triple

T20530844
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Southern Pacific GS-4 E504061 entity
Predicate fleetNumbers P44071 FINISHED
Object SP 4459
SP 4459 is a Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that operated in high-speed passenger service in the mid-20th century American West.
E1462844 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: SP 4459 | Statement: [Southern Pacific GS-4, fleetNumbers, SP 4459]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SP 4459
Context triple: [Southern Pacific GS-4, fleetNumbers, SP 4459]
  • A. SP 4455
    SP 4455 is a specific Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that once hauled passenger trains for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
  • B. SP 4454
    SP 4454 is a Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that operated in high-speed passenger service in the mid-20th century.
  • C. SP 4451
    SP 4451 is a Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that served in high-speed passenger service in the mid-20th century American West.
  • D. SP 4452
    SP 4452 is a Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that operated in high-speed passenger service in the mid-20th century American West.
  • E. SP 4449
    SP 4449 is a preserved Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive famous for its striking Daylight paint scheme and use in excursion service.
  • 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: SP 4459
Triple: [Southern Pacific GS-4, fleetNumbers, SP 4459]
Generated description
SP 4459 is a Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that operated in high-speed passenger service in the mid-20th century American West.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SP 4459
Target entity description: SP 4459 is a Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that operated in high-speed passenger service in the mid-20th century American West.
  • A. SP 4455
    SP 4455 is a specific Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that once hauled passenger trains for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
  • B. SP 4454
    SP 4454 is a Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that operated in high-speed passenger service in the mid-20th century.
  • C. SP 4451
    SP 4451 is a Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that served in high-speed passenger service in the mid-20th century American West.
  • D. SP 4452
    SP 4452 is a Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive that operated in high-speed passenger service in the mid-20th century American West.
  • E. SP 4449
    SP 4449 is a preserved Southern Pacific GS-4 class streamlined steam locomotive famous for its striking Daylight paint scheme and use in excursion service.
  • 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_69e0b4b3a6e08190ae663701f50fab8e completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6a06b923c81908ba24be6645a7c61 completed April 20, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a093b3c527c8190a7f3da5b71ca5e51 completed May 17, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09410a09248190a1d96da0c04ce2a7 completed May 17, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09429e1c5c8190b0778b963f1446e6 completed May 17, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:37 a.m.