Triple

T2932167
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SNCB/NMBS E78978 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Belgian State Railways
Belgian State Railways was the former national railway operator of Belgium that managed and developed the country’s rail network before being succeeded by SNCB/NMBS.
E78978 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: Belgian State Railways | Statement: [SNCB/NMBS, predecessor, Belgian State Railways]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belgian State Railways
Context triple: [SNCB/NMBS, predecessor, Belgian State Railways]
  • A. SNCB/NMBS
    SNCB/NMBS is the Belgian national railway company responsible for operating most passenger train services and managing much of the rail infrastructure in Belgium.
  • B. Nederlandse Spoorwegen
    Nederlandse Spoorwegen is the principal Dutch railway company responsible for most passenger train services across the Netherlands.
  • C. Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
    Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois is Luxembourg’s national state-owned railway company, responsible for operating the country’s passenger and freight rail services and managing much of its rail infrastructure.
  • D. Intercity Brussels
    Intercity Brussels is an international high-speed train service connecting the Netherlands with Brussels in Belgium.
  • E. Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
    The Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB/MIVB) is the main public transport operator in Brussels, managing the city’s metro, tram, and bus networks.
  • 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: Belgian State Railways
Triple: [SNCB/NMBS, predecessor, Belgian State Railways]
Generated description
Belgian State Railways was the former national railway operator of Belgium that managed and developed the country’s rail network before being succeeded by SNCB/NMBS.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belgian State Railways
Target entity description: Belgian State Railways was the former national railway operator of Belgium that managed and developed the country’s rail network before being succeeded by SNCB/NMBS.
  • A. SNCB/NMBS chosen
    SNCB/NMBS is the Belgian national railway company responsible for operating most passenger train services and managing much of the rail infrastructure in Belgium.
  • B. Nederlandse Spoorwegen
    Nederlandse Spoorwegen is the principal Dutch railway company responsible for most passenger train services across the Netherlands.
  • C. Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
    Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois is Luxembourg’s national state-owned railway company, responsible for operating the country’s passenger and freight rail services and managing much of its rail infrastructure.
  • D. Intercity Brussels
    Intercity Brussels is an international high-speed train service connecting the Netherlands with Brussels in Belgium.
  • E. Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
    The Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB/MIVB) is the main public transport operator in Brussels, managing the city’s metro, tram, and bus networks.
  • 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_69ad8b0d40b481908bc2a5fa2e73c3fb completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad980368e48190a50b59917af4786a completed March 8, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b12e181898819087ed4acfd24c00a1 completed March 11, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b12f188c7c81908d1d575252dc4bda completed March 11, 2026, 9 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1c9bccb3081909e6869b5cba68117 completed March 11, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:55 p.m.