Triple

T409582
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject TransPennine Express E9459 entity
Predicate parentCompany P254 FINISHED
Object FirstGroup
FirstGroup is a major UK-based transport operator that runs bus and rail services across the United Kingdom and North America.
 E51942 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: FirstGroup | Statement: [TransPennine Express, parentCompany, FirstGroup]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: FirstGroup
Context triple: [TransPennine Express, parentCompany, FirstGroup]
  • A. Rail Delivery Group
    Rail Delivery Group is the industry body that represents and coordinates Britain’s passenger and freight train operators and Network Rail, working to improve and manage the national rail system.
  • B. Keolis
    Keolis is a major French public transport operator that manages and operates bus, tram, metro, and rail networks in numerous cities worldwide.
  • C. TUI Airways
    TUI Airways is a British charter and scheduled airline that primarily serves leisure destinations across Europe and worldwide as part of the TUI Group.
  • D. Virgin Trains
    Virgin Trains was a British train operating company under Richard Branson’s Virgin Group brand that ran long-distance passenger rail services in the UK.
  • E. Northern Trains
    Northern Trains is a British train operating company that runs local and regional passenger rail services across Northern England.
  • 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: FirstGroup
Triple: [TransPennine Express, parentCompany, FirstGroup]
Generated description
FirstGroup is a major UK-based transport operator that runs bus and rail services across the United Kingdom and North America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: FirstGroup
Target entity description: FirstGroup is a major UK-based transport operator that runs bus and rail services across the United Kingdom and North America.
  • A. Rail Delivery Group
    Rail Delivery Group is the industry body that represents and coordinates Britain’s passenger and freight train operators and Network Rail, working to improve and manage the national rail system.
  • B. Keolis
    Keolis is a major French public transport operator that manages and operates bus, tram, metro, and rail networks in numerous cities worldwide.
  • C. TUI Airways
    TUI Airways is a British charter and scheduled airline that primarily serves leisure destinations across Europe and worldwide as part of the TUI Group.
  • D. Virgin Trains
    Virgin Trains was a British train operating company under Richard Branson’s Virgin Group brand that ran long-distance passenger rail services in the UK.
  • E. Northern Trains
    Northern Trains is a British train operating company that runs local and regional passenger rail services across Northern England.
  • 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_69a2e80111fc8190961d5b7c6154123f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ecc098c4819088d127c5ea55ced9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a41777d794819099a07555ad2defe2 completed March 1, 2026, 10:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a418da55088190935babe9abae5ac4 completed March 1, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4196334948190a1f6004b1a292550 completed March 1, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.