Triple

T20748287
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject EMD SD70 series locomotives E510645 entity
Predicate hasVariant P455 FINISHED
Object EMD SD70AH
The EMD SD70AH is a heavy-duty, high-horsepower diesel-electric freight locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel as an enhanced, more robust variant of the SD70 series for demanding mainline service.
E1459189 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: EMD SD70AH | Statement: [EMD SD70 series locomotives, hasVariant, EMD SD70AH]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EMD SD70AH
Context triple: [EMD SD70 series locomotives, hasVariant, EMD SD70AH]
  • A. EMD SD70M-2
    The EMD SD70M-2 is a high-horsepower, six-axle diesel-electric freight locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel as an updated, emissions-compliant variant of the SD70 series.
  • B. EMD SD50
    The EMD SD50 is a six-axle, high-horsepower diesel-electric freight locomotive introduced by Electro-Motive Division in the 1980s as part of its SD-series lineup.
  • C. EMD SD70ACe-T4
    The EMD SD70ACe-T4 is a modern North American diesel-electric freight locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel to meet EPA Tier 4 emissions standards while providing high horsepower and advanced traction technology.
  • D. EMD SD9
    The EMD SD9 is a six-axle diesel-electric road switcher locomotive built by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division in the 1950s, widely used by North American railroads for heavy freight service.
  • E. EMD GP7
    The EMD GP7 is a four-axle road switcher diesel-electric locomotive introduced in the late 1940s that became one of Electro-Motive Division’s most successful and widely used early road switcher designs in North America.
  • 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: EMD SD70AH
Triple: [EMD SD70 series locomotives, hasVariant, EMD SD70AH]
Generated description
The EMD SD70AH is a heavy-duty, high-horsepower diesel-electric freight locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel as an enhanced, more robust variant of the SD70 series for demanding mainline service.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EMD SD70AH
Target entity description: The EMD SD70AH is a heavy-duty, high-horsepower diesel-electric freight locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel as an enhanced, more robust variant of the SD70 series for demanding mainline service.
  • A. EMD SD70M-2
    The EMD SD70M-2 is a high-horsepower, six-axle diesel-electric freight locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel as an updated, emissions-compliant variant of the SD70 series.
  • B. EMD SD50
    The EMD SD50 is a six-axle, high-horsepower diesel-electric freight locomotive introduced by Electro-Motive Division in the 1980s as part of its SD-series lineup.
  • C. EMD SD70ACe-T4
    The EMD SD70ACe-T4 is a modern North American diesel-electric freight locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel to meet EPA Tier 4 emissions standards while providing high horsepower and advanced traction technology.
  • D. EMD SD9
    The EMD SD9 is a six-axle diesel-electric road switcher locomotive built by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division in the 1950s, widely used by North American railroads for heavy freight service.
  • E. EMD GP7
    The EMD GP7 is a four-axle road switcher diesel-electric locomotive introduced in the late 1940s that became one of Electro-Motive Division’s most successful and widely used early road switcher designs in North America.
  • 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_69e0b4c845e88190b4c5f3ae79291182 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c226fbf881909794eff3ee9e206b completed April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09277313288190bc1d360f01b1adbc completed May 17, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09285e6f1c8190b197641831d64b5e completed May 17, 2026, 2:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09297feb608190bd001b9a845effc4 completed May 17, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:33 p.m.