Triple
T21831190
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard Beeching |
E538997
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Beeching |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Beeching | Statement: [Richard Beeching, familyName, Beeching]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beeching Context triple: [Richard Beeching, familyName, Beeching]
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A.
Beeching
chosen
Beeching is a surname most prominently associated with Richard Beeching, the British engineer and administrator known for reshaping the UK railway network in the 1960s.
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B.
Beeching cuts implementation
Beeching cuts implementation refers to the large-scale reduction of Britain’s railway network in the 1960s, when many lines and stations were closed following Dr. Richard Beeching’s cost-cutting reports.
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C.
The Reshaping of British Railways
The Reshaping of British Railways was a 1963 British government report by Dr. Richard Beeching that recommended widespread railway line and station closures, fundamentally reshaping the UK rail network.
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D.
Porrettana railway
The Porrettana railway is a historic trans-Apennine rail line in Italy that connects Bologna and Pistoia, notable as one of the first major mountain railways in the country.
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E.
The Railway
"The Railway" is a narrative poem by Russian writer Nikolai Nekrasov that vividly portrays the harsh realities of laborers who built the railroads and critiques social injustice in 19th-century Russia.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0c475cda88190987d08f23caebdc1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f091362d9081909f00ad7a2806d5cb |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:55 p.m.