Triple
T1273349
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Rail |
E15757
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Railtrack |
E43444
|
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: Railtrack | Statement: [British Rail, successor, Railtrack]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Railtrack Context triple: [British Rail, successor, Railtrack]
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A.
Railtrack
chosen
Railtrack was the former private owner and operator of most of Britain’s railway infrastructure, which was later replaced by the publicly owned Network Rail after financial and safety controversies.
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B.
British Rail
British Rail was the state-owned company that operated most of the railway services in Great Britain from the late 1940s until the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.
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C.
Rail Blue
Rail Blue is the iconic dark blue corporate colour scheme adopted by British Rail in the late 1960s for its diesel and electric locomotives and rolling stock.
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D.
Network Rail
Network Rail is the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain, responsible for tracks, signals, major stations, and related assets.
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E.
Borders Railway
Borders Railway is a Scottish rail line that reconnects Edinburgh with the Scottish Borders and Midlothian, serving as one of the longest new domestic railway lines built in the UK in recent decades.
- 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_69aca2f49a98819083dacff7e76ad195 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:13 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.