Triple

T22236486
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Rail Class 350 E549605 entity
Predicate operatedBy P86 FINISHED
Object ScotRail (former)
ScotRail (former) was the previous iteration of Scotland’s national passenger rail operator, responsible for running most train services across the Scottish rail network before the current franchise arrangements.
E2216 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: ScotRail (former) | Statement: [British Rail Class 350, operatedBy, ScotRail (former)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ScotRail (former)
Context triple: [British Rail Class 350, operatedBy, ScotRail (former)]
  • A. ScotRail
    ScotRail is the national train operating company in Scotland, providing most passenger rail services across the country.
  • B. ScotRail West Region
    ScotRail West Region is an operational area of Scotland’s national rail operator that oversees passenger train services and stations across the western part of the country.
  • C. ScotRail Central Region
    ScotRail Central Region is a key operational area of Scotland’s national rail operator, covering central Scotland’s main passenger routes and services.
  • D. Transport Scotland
    Transport Scotland is the national transport agency of the Scottish Government responsible for planning, funding, and managing Scotland’s trunk roads, rail, ferries, and other key transport infrastructure.
  • E. Scottish Transport Group
    The Scottish Transport Group was a state-owned body that oversaw and coordinated major bus and ferry services across Scotland in the latter half of the 20th century.
  • 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: ScotRail (former)
Triple: [British Rail Class 350, operatedBy, ScotRail (former)]
Generated description
ScotRail (former) was the previous iteration of Scotland’s national passenger rail operator, responsible for running most train services across the Scottish rail network before the current franchise arrangements.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ScotRail (former)
Target entity description: ScotRail (former) was the previous iteration of Scotland’s national passenger rail operator, responsible for running most train services across the Scottish rail network before the current franchise arrangements.
  • A. ScotRail chosen
    ScotRail is the national train operating company in Scotland, providing most passenger rail services across the country.
  • B. ScotRail West Region
    ScotRail West Region is an operational area of Scotland’s national rail operator that oversees passenger train services and stations across the western part of the country.
  • C. ScotRail Central Region
    ScotRail Central Region is a key operational area of Scotland’s national rail operator, covering central Scotland’s main passenger routes and services.
  • D. Transport Scotland
    Transport Scotland is the national transport agency of the Scottish Government responsible for planning, funding, and managing Scotland’s trunk roads, rail, ferries, and other key transport infrastructure.
  • E. Scottish Transport Group
    The Scottish Transport Group was a state-owned body that oversaw and coordinated major bus and ferry services across Scotland in the latter half of the 20th century.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e11e4102b881909cf47d3768e25c19 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12bf7b1d8819091087dcfdb2e967c completed April 28, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0aae7b808c819091638601515b9737 completed May 18, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ab14691dc81909765edd58c3dd719 completed May 18, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ab21edc4c8190b48a21e9594e6d35 completed May 18, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:38 p.m.