Triple

T13282932
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Torquay railway station E316368 entity
Predicate originalCompany P5599 FINISHED
Object South Devon Railway
South Devon Railway was a historic railway company in Devon, England, that developed and operated key lines in the region during the 19th century.
 E1030380 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: South Devon Railway | Statement: [Torquay railway station, originalCompany, South Devon Railway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: South Devon Railway
Context triple: [Torquay railway station, originalCompany, South Devon Railway]
  • A. North Devon Railway
    The North Devon Railway was a 19th-century railway company in southwest England that developed key routes linking Exeter with Barnstaple and the surrounding North Devon area.
  • B. Cornwall Railway
    Cornwall Railway was a 19th-century railway company in Cornwall, England, that built and operated key lines later absorbed into the Great Western Railway network.
  • C. Bodmin and Wenford Railway
    Bodmin and Wenford Railway is a preserved heritage railway in Cornwall, England, offering steam and diesel train rides along a restored former branch line.
  • D. West Somerset Railway
    West Somerset Railway is a heritage steam and diesel railway in Somerset, England, running through scenic countryside between Bishops Lydeard and the coastal town of Minehead.
  • E. Devon and Cornwall rail network
    The Devon and Cornwall rail network is a regional railway system in southwest England that connects major towns, cities, and rural areas across the counties of Devon and Cornwall.
  • 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: South Devon Railway
Triple: [Torquay railway station, originalCompany, South Devon Railway]
Generated description
South Devon Railway was a historic railway company in Devon, England, that developed and operated key lines in the region during the 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: South Devon Railway
Target entity description: South Devon Railway was a historic railway company in Devon, England, that developed and operated key lines in the region during the 19th century.
  • A. North Devon Railway
    The North Devon Railway was a 19th-century railway company in southwest England that developed key routes linking Exeter with Barnstaple and the surrounding North Devon area.
  • B. Cornwall Railway
    Cornwall Railway was a 19th-century railway company in Cornwall, England, that built and operated key lines later absorbed into the Great Western Railway network.
  • C. Bodmin and Wenford Railway
    Bodmin and Wenford Railway is a preserved heritage railway in Cornwall, England, offering steam and diesel train rides along a restored former branch line.
  • D. West Somerset Railway
    West Somerset Railway is a heritage steam and diesel railway in Somerset, England, running through scenic countryside between Bishops Lydeard and the coastal town of Minehead.
  • E. Devon and Cornwall rail network
    The Devon and Cornwall rail network is a regional railway system in southwest England that connects major towns, cities, and rural areas across the counties of Devon and Cornwall.
  • 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_69d806b349908190a9a61dd9323bf153 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d99047531c819087aa6406de1ddc82 completed April 11, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f70a592d748190b55129515f71e979 completed May 3, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f70b117c588190bb81ff53664cac4a completed May 3, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f70c04da34819091e01db25741674e completed May 3, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:27 p.m.