Triple
T21831208
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard Beeching |
E538997
|
entity |
| Predicate | reportAuthored |
P9386
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Reshaping of British Railways |
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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: The Reshaping of British Railways | Statement: [Richard Beeching, reportAuthored, The Reshaping of British Railways]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Reshaping of British Railways Context triple: [Richard Beeching, reportAuthored, The Reshaping of British Railways]
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A.
The Reshaping of British Railways
chosen
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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B.
British Railways Modernisation Plan
The British Railways Modernisation Plan was a major post-war programme to transform and modernize Britain’s railway network through widespread dieselisation, electrification, and infrastructure upgrades.
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C.
British Rail sectorisation era
The British Rail sectorisation era was a period in the 1980s and early 1990s when the UK’s state-owned railway was reorganised into semi-autonomous business sectors, paving the way for later privatisation.
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D.
Railway Executive functions of the British Transport Commission
Railway Executive functions of the British Transport Commission were the set of responsibilities and powers related to managing and operating Britain’s nationalized railway system under the post-war British Transport Commission.
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E.
Rail Regulator
The Rail Regulator was the former independent statutory body in Great Britain responsible for overseeing and enforcing the economic and safety regulation of the railway industry before its functions were transferred to successor regulators.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: reportAuthored Context triple: [Richard Beeching, reportAuthored, The Reshaping of British Railways]
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A.
reportsOutcomeOf
Indicates that one entity communicates or provides the result, consequence, or final status of another entity’s process, event, or action.
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B.
reportedOn
chosen
Indicates that one entity has provided an account, description, or coverage of another entity, typically as news, documentation, or an official report.
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C.
reportedFor
Indicates that one entity has formally notified an authority or system about another entity’s behavior, condition, or status, typically to trigger review or action.
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D.
reportsAs
Indicates that one entity formally reports information, status, or results to another entity.
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E.
reportsSign
Indicates that one entity formally reports, records, or communicates the presence or details of a sign associated with another entity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e6be8c14748190bdcc44a14d50bea4 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:55 p.m.