Triple
T5696544
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Rail Class 156 |
E125552
|
entity |
| Predicate | operator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Regional Railways (former) |
E144341
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Regional Railways (former) | Statement: [British Rail Class 156, operator, Regional Railways (former)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Regional Railways (former) Context triple: [British Rail Class 156, operator, Regional Railways (former)]
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A.
Regional Railways
chosen
Regional Railways was one of the post-sectorisation passenger business sectors of British Rail, responsible for operating local and regional train services across much of the UK outside the main intercity and commuter networks.
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B.
British Rail Provincial sector
The British Rail Provincial sector was the division of British Rail responsible for operating most non-intercity and rural passenger train services across the United Kingdom before sectorisation reforms led to its rebranding as Regional Railways.
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C.
Vy regional trains
Vy regional trains are Norway’s intercity and regional passenger rail services operated by Vy, connecting major cities and towns across the country, including direct links to Oslo Airport Gardermoen.
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D.
Randstad regional rail network
The Randstad regional rail network is a Dutch commuter and regional rail system serving the densely populated Randstad metropolitan area, connecting major cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht with surrounding towns.
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E.
Regionalbahn
Regionalbahn is a category of German regional train service that provides relatively frequent, short- to medium-distance connections between local towns and cities.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c0082bb19c8190823a4facd3cba79b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0240bde1881909f7ea13bd84deaa8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c05a5635448190ada625283405752f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:45 p.m.