Triple

T11399197
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject German railway network E270061 entity
Predicate regulator P46 FINISHED
Object Federal Railway Authority of Germany
The Federal Railway Authority of Germany is the national government agency responsible for overseeing safety, operations, and regulatory compliance across the country’s railway system.
E923676 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: Federal Railway Authority of Germany | Statement: [German railway network, regulator, Federal Railway Authority of Germany]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Railway Authority of Germany
Context triple: [German railway network, regulator, Federal Railway Authority of Germany]
  • A. German Federal Motor Transport Authority
    The German Federal Motor Transport Authority is Germany’s national agency responsible for vehicle registration, driver licensing oversight, road traffic statistics, and automotive regulatory compliance.
  • B. Deutsche Reichsbahn
    Deutsche Reichsbahn was the state-owned railway company of Germany for much of the 20th century, operating the national rail network before its functions were absorbed into the modern Deutsche Bahn.
  • C. Deutsche Bahn
    Deutsche Bahn is Germany's state-owned national railway company and one of the largest rail and logistics operators in Europe.
  • D. Verband der Eisenbahner Deutschlands
    Der Verband der Eisenbahner Deutschlands war eine deutsche Gewerkschaft, die die Interessen der Beschäftigten im Eisenbahnsektor vertrat.
  • E. Thuringian Railway
    The Thuringian Railway is a major German rail line traversing the state of Thuringia, historically serving as an important east–west transport corridor connecting central German cities.
  • 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: Federal Railway Authority of Germany
Triple: [German railway network, regulator, Federal Railway Authority of Germany]
Generated description
The Federal Railway Authority of Germany is the national government agency responsible for overseeing safety, operations, and regulatory compliance across the country’s railway system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Railway Authority of Germany
Target entity description: The Federal Railway Authority of Germany is the national government agency responsible for overseeing safety, operations, and regulatory compliance across the country’s railway system.
  • A. German Federal Motor Transport Authority
    The German Federal Motor Transport Authority is Germany’s national agency responsible for vehicle registration, driver licensing oversight, road traffic statistics, and automotive regulatory compliance.
  • B. Deutsche Reichsbahn
    Deutsche Reichsbahn was the state-owned railway company of Germany for much of the 20th century, operating the national rail network before its functions were absorbed into the modern Deutsche Bahn.
  • C. Deutsche Bahn
    Deutsche Bahn is Germany's state-owned national railway company and one of the largest rail and logistics operators in Europe.
  • D. Verband der Eisenbahner Deutschlands
    Der Verband der Eisenbahner Deutschlands war eine deutsche Gewerkschaft, die die Interessen der Beschäftigten im Eisenbahnsektor vertrat.
  • E. Thuringian Railway
    The Thuringian Railway is a major German rail line traversing the state of Thuringia, historically serving as an important east–west transport corridor connecting central German cities.
  • 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8001adc188190ae45227856156412 completed April 9, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e58cf75ec08190a571e5178bcde274 completed April 20, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e59774e6648190a38b2515a83c2e0c completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5a3abf24481908fb71f4ef6b13532 completed April 20, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.