Triple
T22203976
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Rail Class 67 |
E548753
|
entity |
| Predicate | operator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Royal Mail (historic haulage contracts) |
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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: Royal Mail (historic haulage contracts) | Statement: [British Rail Class 67, operator, Royal Mail (historic haulage contracts)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Mail (historic haulage contracts) Context triple: [British Rail Class 67, operator, Royal Mail (historic haulage contracts)]
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A.
Royal Mail rail operations
Royal Mail rail operations were the dedicated train services used by the UK's postal service to transport mail and parcels across the country by rail.
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B.
Royal Mail
chosen
Royal Mail is the United Kingdom’s long-established national postal service and courier company responsible for mail collection and delivery across the country and internationally.
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C.
British Post Office
The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
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D.
Royal Mail Lines
Royal Mail Lines was a British shipping company that operated passenger and cargo services, particularly on routes between the United Kingdom and South America, during the first half of the 20th century.
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E.
Great Enterprise: A History of the Royal Mail
Great Enterprise: A History of the Royal Mail is a historical non-fiction book by Peter Pugh that chronicles the development and significance of the British postal service.
- 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_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.