Triple
T2429974
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | London Northwestern Railway |
E52818
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatesRoute |
P3695
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Birmingham – Walsall
Birmingham – Walsall is a regional rail route in England connecting the city of Birmingham with the town of Walsall in the West Midlands.
|
E264880
|
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: Birmingham – Walsall | Statement: [London Northwestern Railway, operatesRoute, Birmingham – Walsall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham – Walsall Context triple: [London Northwestern Railway, operatesRoute, Birmingham – Walsall]
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A.
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in England known historically for its leather trade and manufacturing, situated within the West Midlands region.
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B.
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a large industrial city in England’s West Midlands, known historically for its role in the coal, steel, and manufacturing industries.
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C.
Solihull
Solihull is a large town and metropolitan borough in England known for its affluent suburbs, historic architecture, and proximity to Birmingham in the West Midlands.
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D.
Sandwell
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England, forming part of the Birmingham conurbation and encompassing several former industrial towns.
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E.
Birmingham Edgbaston
Birmingham Edgbaston is a long-established UK parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, historically notable for being represented by prominent politicians such as Neville Chamberlain.
- 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: Birmingham – Walsall Triple: [London Northwestern Railway, operatesRoute, Birmingham – Walsall]
Generated description
Birmingham – Walsall is a regional rail route in England connecting the city of Birmingham with the town of Walsall in the West Midlands.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham – Walsall Target entity description: Birmingham – Walsall is a regional rail route in England connecting the city of Birmingham with the town of Walsall in the West Midlands.
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A.
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in England known historically for its leather trade and manufacturing, situated within the West Midlands region.
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B.
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a large industrial city in England’s West Midlands, known historically for its role in the coal, steel, and manufacturing industries.
-
C.
Solihull
Solihull is a large town and metropolitan borough in England known for its affluent suburbs, historic architecture, and proximity to Birmingham in the West Midlands.
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D.
Sandwell
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England, forming part of the Birmingham conurbation and encompassing several former industrial towns.
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E.
Birmingham Edgbaston
Birmingham Edgbaston is a long-established UK parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, historically notable for being represented by prominent politicians such as Neville Chamberlain.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69ab4959bcc0819083246f9fb10439e3 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc99fcd048190a85b95a9a8ae6d4d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aebf6634a48190af82eab6b9750323 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aec2a3f4708190a6c51f28833174e3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aec3626a7081908f1ccef98e9b96be |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:43 p.m.