Triple
T1273301
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Rail |
E15757
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Great Western Railway |
E28420
|
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: Great Western Railway | Statement: [British Rail, predecessor, Great Western Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Western Railway Context triple: [British Rail, predecessor, Great Western Railway]
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A.
Great Western Railway
chosen
Great Western Railway is a major British train operating company providing intercity and regional rail services across western and southern England and South Wales.
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B.
London and South Western Railway
The London and South Western Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century British railway company that operated an extensive network in southwest London, Surrey, Hampshire, and the West Country, including key routes to the south coast and the port of Southampton.
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C.
London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century British railway company that operated extensive routes across England and Wales before becoming part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.
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D.
South Eastern Railway
South Eastern Railway was a 19th-century British railway company that operated routes in southeast England, including services through Kent and to the Channel ports.
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E.
Southern Railway (UK)
Southern Railway (UK) was a major British railway company formed in 1923 that operated routes in southern England, including busy commuter and coastal lines, until nationalisation in 1948.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c06d73608190be87be49c4367072 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acbf1fa1148190a8a8a5b3e34946f0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.