Triple
T1746649
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | London and North Eastern Railway |
E38349
|
entity |
| Predicate | chiefMechanicalEngineer |
P616
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Arthur Peppercorn
Arthur Peppercorn was a prominent British steam locomotive designer who served as the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway, overseeing the development of its final express passenger engines.
|
E525351
|
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: Arthur Peppercorn | Statement: [London and North Eastern Railway, chiefMechanicalEngineer, Arthur Peppercorn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Peppercorn Context triple: [London and North Eastern Railway, chiefMechanicalEngineer, Arthur Peppercorn]
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A.
Lewis Powell
Lewis Powell was a Confederate sympathizer and member of John Wilkes Booth’s plot who attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward on the night Abraham Lincoln was killed.
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B.
Franklin H. Martin
Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
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C.
Millard Powers
Millard Powers is an American musician best known as the bassist and multi-instrumentalist for the rock band Counting Crows.
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D.
Bradford M. Durfee
Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
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E.
James E. Shepard
James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
- 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: Arthur Peppercorn Triple: [London and North Eastern Railway, chiefMechanicalEngineer, Arthur Peppercorn]
Generated description
Arthur Peppercorn was a prominent British steam locomotive designer who served as the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway, overseeing the development of its final express passenger engines.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Peppercorn Target entity description: Arthur Peppercorn was a prominent British steam locomotive designer who served as the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway, overseeing the development of its final express passenger engines.
-
A.
Lewis Powell
Lewis Powell was a Confederate sympathizer and member of John Wilkes Booth’s plot who attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward on the night Abraham Lincoln was killed.
-
B.
Franklin H. Martin
Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
-
C.
Millard Powers
Millard Powers is an American musician best known as the bassist and multi-instrumentalist for the rock band Counting Crows.
-
D.
Bradford M. Durfee
Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
-
E.
James E. Shepard
James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
- 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_69a8862b01a48190ab47209063af82d9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa63eabdf48190878ecde3d1b1faf3 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf8bb93044819094d61035355c08f0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf8c2278088190891dace4d0d4d360 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf8c883c3081909bfc56ea125fc9fc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.