Triple
T16470767
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Black Five |
E400051
|
entity |
| Predicate | successorRailwayCompany |
P55892
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Railways |
E15757
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: British Railways | Statement: [Black Five, successorRailwayCompany, British Railways]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Railways Context triple: [Black Five, successorRailwayCompany, British Railways]
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A.
British Rail
chosen
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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B.
Anglia Railways
Anglia Railways was a former British train operating company that ran passenger rail services in East Anglia following the privatisation of UK railways.
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C.
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway was a major British railway company formed in 1923 that operated an extensive network across England, Scotland, and Wales until nationalisation in 1948.
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D.
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.
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E.
British Rail Engineering Limited
British Rail Engineering Limited was the former engineering subsidiary of British Rail, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining much of the UK’s rolling stock and railway equipment.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: successorRailwayCompany Context triple: [Black Five, successorRailwayCompany, British Railways]
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A.
laterRailwayCompany
chosen
Indicates that one railway company is the successor or later incarnation of another railway company.
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B.
railwayCompany
Indicates that one entity is a railway company that owns, operates, or manages railway services or infrastructure in relation to another entity.
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C.
formerRailOperator
Indicates that an entity previously operated a rail service or railway system but no longer does so.
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D.
railwayCompanyType
Indicates the specific category or classification of a railway company in terms of its role, ownership, or operational type.
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E.
followsFormerRailroad
Indicates that something is aligned with or traces the route of a former railroad line.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69d87f2dac988190b74d6e185fa88ba4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32dd0d2fc81909b68b5afb00f192f |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00581c24508190b4888357828fed80 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:04 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e22706b0588190a48a951c5211a617 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:26 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:11 a.m.