Triple
T17686033
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | First Great Western |
E440889
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Great Western Trains |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Great Western Trains | Statement: [First Great Western, predecessor, Great Western Trains]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Western Trains Context triple: [First Great Western, predecessor, Great Western Trains]
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A.
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains was a British train operating company under Richard Branson’s Virgin Group brand that ran long-distance passenger rail services in the UK.
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B.
Northern Trains
Northern Trains is a British train operating company that runs local and regional passenger rail services across Northern England.
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C.
North West Trains
North West Trains was a British train operating company that ran regional and commuter rail services in North West England following rail privatization in the mid-1990s.
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D.
Thames Trains
Thames Trains was a former British train operating company that provided regional and commuter rail services in the Thames Valley area of England in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited
Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited is a UK-based rail company that operates overnight sleeper train services between London and Scotland under the Caledonian Sleeper brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Western Trains Target entity description: Great Western Trains was a British train operating company that ran passenger rail services in western England and South Wales before being rebranded as First Great Western.
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A.
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains was a British train operating company under Richard Branson’s Virgin Group brand that ran long-distance passenger rail services in the UK.
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B.
Northern Trains
Northern Trains is a British train operating company that runs local and regional passenger rail services across Northern England.
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C.
North West Trains
North West Trains was a British train operating company that ran regional and commuter rail services in North West England following rail privatization in the mid-1990s.
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D.
Thames Trains
Thames Trains was a former British train operating company that provided regional and commuter rail services in the Thames Valley area of England in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited
Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited is a UK-based rail company that operates overnight sleeper train services between London and Scotland under the Caledonian Sleeper brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9e940b081908b862bb0e6e89b0d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e47047d90c8190a172201f3de6db87 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:02 a.m.