Triple
T10411249
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Series |
E245395
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Wilbert Vere Awdry
Wilbert Vere Awdry was an English clergyman and children's author best known for creating Thomas the Tank Engine and the wider world of The Railway Series.
|
E862020
|
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: Wilbert Vere Awdry | Statement: [The Railway Series, author, Wilbert Vere Awdry]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilbert Vere Awdry Context triple: [The Railway Series, author, Wilbert Vere Awdry]
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A.
Dudley Simpson
Dudley Simpson was an Australian composer best known for his prolific and influential music scores for the classic British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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B.
Nigel Gresley
Nigel Gresley was a renowned British steam locomotive engineer best known for designing record-breaking express engines such as the LNER Class A4 Mallard.
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C.
George Ivatt
George Ivatt was a British railway engineer best known for designing some of the last steam and early diesel locomotives for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its nationalised successor, British Railways.
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D.
Nigel Dick
Nigel Dick is a British-born music video and film director known for creating iconic videos for major artists across pop and rock music.
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E.
Tom Butterworth
Tom Butterworth is a British writer and screenwriter, known for co-writing the historical drama series "Britannia" and collaborating on various film and television projects.
- 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: Wilbert Vere Awdry Triple: [The Railway Series, author, Wilbert Vere Awdry]
Generated description
Wilbert Vere Awdry was an English clergyman and children's author best known for creating Thomas the Tank Engine and the wider world of The Railway Series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilbert Vere Awdry Target entity description: Wilbert Vere Awdry was an English clergyman and children's author best known for creating Thomas the Tank Engine and the wider world of The Railway Series.
-
A.
Dudley Simpson
Dudley Simpson was an Australian composer best known for his prolific and influential music scores for the classic British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
-
B.
Nigel Gresley
Nigel Gresley was a renowned British steam locomotive engineer best known for designing record-breaking express engines such as the LNER Class A4 Mallard.
-
C.
George Ivatt
George Ivatt was a British railway engineer best known for designing some of the last steam and early diesel locomotives for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its nationalised successor, British Railways.
-
D.
Nigel Dick
Nigel Dick is a British-born music video and film director known for creating iconic videos for major artists across pop and rock music.
-
E.
Tom Butterworth
Tom Butterworth is a British writer and screenwriter, known for co-writing the historical drama series "Britannia" and collaborating on various film and television projects.
- 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_69d381be340c8190b05998703d42d224 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4e9fc72d081908d81c71133973daf |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d7fbfae96c8190ac496e9a1158afe4 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d822d6a0188190a7ee6de5aab50486 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d859e40bf88190a6dc8deed3049d31 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:09 p.m.