Triple

T167212
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oxford Road railway station E3041 entity
Predicate servesTrainOperator P782 FINISHED
Object Northern
Northern is a primary regional train operating company in Northern England, running local and commuter rail services across cities such as Manchester, Leeds, and Newcastle.
E20684 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Northern | Statement: [Oxford Road railway station, servesTrainOperator, Northern]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern
Context triple: [Oxford Road railway station, servesTrainOperator, Northern]
  • A. North East
    North East is a rural town in northeastern Dutchess County, New York, known for its agricultural landscape and the village of Millerton.
  • B. West
    West is the surname of Kanye West, the influential American rapper, producer, and fashion designer.
  • C. West
    West is a prominent American legal publishing company best known for producing case law reporters, legal research tools, and the Westlaw online database.
  • D. Inland Northwest
    The Inland Northwest is a largely rural, landlocked area of the northwestern United States centered on eastern Washington and northern Idaho, known for its forests, agriculture, and mid-sized cities like Spokane.
  • E. Northern Frontier
    Northern Frontier is a themed exhibit area at the San Diego Zoo that showcases cold-climate animals such as polar bears and other Arctic species.
  • 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: Northern
Triple: [Oxford Road railway station, servesTrainOperator, Northern]
Generated description
Northern is a primary regional train operating company in Northern England, running local and commuter rail services across cities such as Manchester, Leeds, and Newcastle.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern
Target entity description: Northern is a primary regional train operating company in Northern England, running local and commuter rail services across cities such as Manchester, Leeds, and Newcastle.
  • A. North East
    North East is a rural town in northeastern Dutchess County, New York, known for its agricultural landscape and the village of Millerton.
  • B. West
    West is the surname of Kanye West, the influential American rapper, producer, and fashion designer.
  • C. West
    West is a prominent American legal publishing company best known for producing case law reporters, legal research tools, and the Westlaw online database.
  • D. Inland Northwest
    The Inland Northwest is a largely rural, landlocked area of the northwestern United States centered on eastern Washington and northern Idaho, known for its forests, agriculture, and mid-sized cities like Spokane.
  • E. Northern Frontier
    Northern Frontier is a themed exhibit area at the San Diego Zoo that showcases cold-climate animals such as polar bears and other Arctic species.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: servesTrainOperator
Context triple: [Oxford Road railway station, servesTrainOperator, Northern]
  • A. servedByRailroad chosen
    Indicates that a location or facility is provided with transportation or service by a railroad line or company.
  • B. operatesBy
    Indicates that an entity performs its function, action, or process through the use or application of another entity (e.g., a method, mechanism, or principle).
  • C. operatedAs
    Indicates that an entity functioned or was used in the capacity, role, or identity of another entity for some period of time.
  • D. trains
    Indicates that one entity teaches, instructs, or coaches another entity to develop skills, knowledge, or abilities.
  • E. operatesOver
    Indicates that one entity performs actions or exerts functional control across, upon, or throughout another entity or domain.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2524ce1e48190ab066bf72859f474 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25884c8d88190bc4cb4e3541e8116 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2db55b2808190bb120e6f266bd26b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2dbc9285081908ce873c8ec56c36f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2e05353808190a0392ea04cecdb43 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:32 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a25665f5b8819096ca3e084faf976e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.