Triple
T21569008
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | English Welsh & Scottish Railway |
E532235
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mainline Freight
Mainline Freight was a British rail freight company that operated in the mid-1990s before being absorbed into what became English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS).
|
E1491328
|
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: Mainline Freight | Statement: [English Welsh & Scottish Railway, precededBy, Mainline Freight]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mainline Freight Context triple: [English Welsh & Scottish Railway, precededBy, Mainline Freight]
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A.
Railfreight
Railfreight was the freight sector of British Rail, responsible for operating and managing rail-based goods transport services in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Freight Operating Companies
Freight Operating Companies are rail businesses that provide commercial freight transport services, typically running cargo trains and logistics operations on national rail networks.
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C.
Metropolitan Freight Network
The Metropolitan Freight Network is a dedicated rail freight system serving the Sydney metropolitan area, enabling the movement of goods between ports, intermodal terminals, and the broader New South Wales rail network.
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D.
Freight Train
Freight Train is a country music album by American singer-songwriter Alan Jackson, known for its traditional sound and storytelling style.
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E.
Freight Train
"Freight Train" is a classic American folk song, written in the early 20th century and later popularized in the 1950s and 1960s, known for its gentle melody and poignant lyrics about travel and mortality.
- 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: Mainline Freight Triple: [English Welsh & Scottish Railway, precededBy, Mainline Freight]
Generated description
Mainline Freight was a British rail freight company that operated in the mid-1990s before being absorbed into what became English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS).
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mainline Freight Target entity description: Mainline Freight was a British rail freight company that operated in the mid-1990s before being absorbed into what became English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS).
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A.
Railfreight
Railfreight was the freight sector of British Rail, responsible for operating and managing rail-based goods transport services in the United Kingdom.
-
B.
Freight Operating Companies
Freight Operating Companies are rail businesses that provide commercial freight transport services, typically running cargo trains and logistics operations on national rail networks.
-
C.
Metropolitan Freight Network
The Metropolitan Freight Network is a dedicated rail freight system serving the Sydney metropolitan area, enabling the movement of goods between ports, intermodal terminals, and the broader New South Wales rail network.
-
D.
Freight Train
Freight Train is a country music album by American singer-songwriter Alan Jackson, known for its traditional sound and storytelling style.
-
E.
Freight Train
"Freight Train" is a classic American folk song, written in the early 20th century and later popularized in the 1950s and 1960s, known for its gentle melody and poignant lyrics about travel and mortality.
- 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_69e0c460db088190828c64206a450273 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69eee9cad95c8190ab165ced6f242302 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 4:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a09f6707578819095e5ac0312066df6 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 5:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a09f71df0308190b5953a76da60c6d4 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 5:13 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a09f80784648190ae073b4db90032c1 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 5:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:30 p.m.