Triple
T15467688
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Exeter St Davids railway station |
E372071
|
entity |
| Predicate | originalCompany |
P5599
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bristol and Exeter Railway
The Bristol and Exeter Railway was a 19th-century British railway company that built and operated the main line linking Bristol with Exeter in southwest England.
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E1158643
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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: Bristol and Exeter Railway | Statement: [Exeter St Davids railway station, originalCompany, Bristol and Exeter Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bristol and Exeter Railway Context triple: [Exeter St Davids railway station, originalCompany, Bristol and Exeter Railway]
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A.
Bristol and Gloucester Railway
The Bristol and Gloucester Railway was a 19th-century English railway line that connected Bristol with Gloucester and later became part of the expanding Midland Railway network.
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B.
Bristol and North Somerset Railway
The Bristol and North Somerset Railway was a former railway line in southwest England that connected Bristol with the rural areas of North Somerset, serving local communities and industries.
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C.
Bristol and Birmingham Railway
The Bristol and Birmingham Railway was a historic British railway line that connected the cities of Bristol and Birmingham and later became part of the Midland Railway network.
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D.
London and Southampton Railway
The London and Southampton Railway was an early 19th-century British railway company that built and operated the main line linking London with the port city of Southampton.
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E.
Bristol to Exeter Line
The Bristol to Exeter Line is a major railway route in southwest England connecting the cities of Bristol and Exeter and serving as an important corridor for regional and long-distance passenger services.
- 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: Bristol and Exeter Railway Triple: [Exeter St Davids railway station, originalCompany, Bristol and Exeter Railway]
Generated description
The Bristol and Exeter Railway was a 19th-century British railway company that built and operated the main line linking Bristol with Exeter in southwest England.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bristol and Exeter Railway Target entity description: The Bristol and Exeter Railway was a 19th-century British railway company that built and operated the main line linking Bristol with Exeter in southwest England.
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A.
Bristol and Gloucester Railway
The Bristol and Gloucester Railway was a 19th-century English railway line that connected Bristol with Gloucester and later became part of the expanding Midland Railway network.
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B.
Bristol and North Somerset Railway
The Bristol and North Somerset Railway was a former railway line in southwest England that connected Bristol with the rural areas of North Somerset, serving local communities and industries.
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C.
Bristol and Birmingham Railway
The Bristol and Birmingham Railway was a historic British railway line that connected the cities of Bristol and Birmingham and later became part of the Midland Railway network.
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D.
London and Southampton Railway
The London and Southampton Railway was an early 19th-century British railway company that built and operated the main line linking London with the port city of Southampton.
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E.
Bristol to Exeter Line
The Bristol to Exeter Line is a major railway route in southwest England connecting the cities of Bristol and Exeter and serving as an important corridor for regional and long-distance passenger services.
- 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_69d85cc8bd308190886949510b42e764 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03f69a31c81909a749247b6615d91 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff2d03845c8190bc8cb96827a5da39 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff2e2fb3e48190b2274d54586b1f00 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:53 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff2ec231dc8190b82333e3e54ced20 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:33 a.m.