Triple
T29988289
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | O.P. Van Sweringen |
E761790
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Van Sweringen railroad empire
The Van Sweringen railroad empire was a vast early-20th-century network of railroads and related transportation holdings in the United States, built and controlled by the Van Sweringen brothers as part of their larger real estate and infrastructure ventures.
|
E1895598
|
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: Van Sweringen railroad empire | Statement: [O.P. Van Sweringen, notableWork, Van Sweringen railroad empire]
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: Van Sweringen railroad empire Triple: [O.P. Van Sweringen, notableWork, Van Sweringen railroad empire]
Generated description
The Van Sweringen railroad empire was a vast early-20th-century network of railroads and related transportation holdings in the United States, built and controlled by the Van Sweringen brothers as part of their larger real estate and infrastructure ventures.
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_69f2246851148190b8e76206db94b105 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f679183c708190ac9efa158d872168 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 10:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a272201cc208190ae849ffb0d80aec3 |
completed | June 8, 2026, 8:11 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a2724257ad88190aa9148edaeb01096 |
completed | June 8, 2026, 8:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a272738fe988190ba8b43c819546bb4 |
completed | June 8, 2026, 8:34 p.m. |
Created at: April 29, 2026, 6:37 p.m.