Triple
T22203963
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Rail Class 67 |
E548753
|
entity |
| Predicate | designedBy |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alstom and General Motors EMD |
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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: Alstom and General Motors EMD | Statement: [British Rail Class 67, designedBy, Alstom and General Motors EMD]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alstom and General Motors EMD Context triple: [British Rail Class 67, designedBy, Alstom and General Motors EMD]
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A.
Electro-Motive Division
Electro-Motive Division was a major American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives that played a leading role in the transition from steam to diesel power on North American railroads.
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B.
General Electric Transportation
General Electric Transportation is a major American manufacturer of locomotives and rail equipment, known for producing diesel-electric engines used by freight and passenger railroads worldwide.
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C.
EMC/EMD diesel locomotives
EMC/EMD diesel locomotives are a family of North American diesel-electric engines built by Electro-Motive Corporation/Division that played a major role in replacing steam power on many railroads.
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D.
Alstom (formerly Bombardier Transportation)
Alstom (formerly Bombardier Transportation) is a major global rail transport manufacturer known for producing trains, trams, and related railway systems and equipment.
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E.
Siemens Transportation Systems
Siemens Transportation Systems is a division of Siemens AG that designs and manufactures rail vehicles and related transportation infrastructure and technologies.
- 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: Alstom and General Motors EMD Target entity description: Alstom and General Motors EMD is a collaboration between the French multinational rolling stock manufacturer Alstom and the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, known for producing high-performance diesel-electric locomotives.
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A.
Electro-Motive Division
Electro-Motive Division was a major American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives that played a leading role in the transition from steam to diesel power on North American railroads.
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B.
General Electric Transportation
General Electric Transportation is a major American manufacturer of locomotives and rail equipment, known for producing diesel-electric engines used by freight and passenger railroads worldwide.
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C.
EMC/EMD diesel locomotives
EMC/EMD diesel locomotives are a family of North American diesel-electric engines built by Electro-Motive Corporation/Division that played a major role in replacing steam power on many railroads.
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D.
Alstom (formerly Bombardier Transportation)
Alstom (formerly Bombardier Transportation) is a major global rail transport manufacturer known for producing trains, trams, and related railway systems and equipment.
-
E.
Siemens Transportation Systems
Siemens Transportation Systems is a division of Siemens AG that designs and manufactures rail vehicles and related transportation infrastructure and technologies.
- 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_69e11e3ecc7c8190b5f94cd8f42e9d37 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12b25eac4819094b3c50027ed66db |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:36 p.m.