Triple
T821900
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Markinch railway station |
E17766
|
entity |
| Predicate | originalOperator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edinburgh and Northern Railway
The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that developed key routes in eastern and northern Scotland before being absorbed into larger railway systems.
|
E37977
|
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: Edinburgh and Northern Railway | Statement: [Markinch railway station, originalOperator, Edinburgh and Northern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edinburgh and Northern Railway Context triple: [Markinch railway station, originalOperator, Edinburgh and Northern Railway]
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A.
Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across Scotland and into England during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
North British Railway
North British Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across central and eastern Scotland before becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.
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C.
Glasgow and South Western Railway
The Glasgow and South Western Railway was a major pre-grouping Scottish railway company that operated routes in southwest Scotland and connected Glasgow with Ayrshire, Dumfries, and England.
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D.
Midland Railway
Midland Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century British railway company that operated extensive routes across central and northern England and played a key role in the development of the UK rail network.
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E.
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway
The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that operated a key route linking Glasgow with the port town of Greenock before being absorbed into larger railway groupings.
- 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: Edinburgh and Northern Railway Triple: [Markinch railway station, originalOperator, Edinburgh and Northern Railway]
Generated description
The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that developed key routes in eastern and northern Scotland before being absorbed into larger railway systems.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edinburgh and Northern Railway Target entity description: The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that developed key routes in eastern and northern Scotland before being absorbed into larger railway systems.
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A.
Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across Scotland and into England during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
North British Railway
chosen
North British Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across central and eastern Scotland before becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.
-
C.
Glasgow and South Western Railway
The Glasgow and South Western Railway was a major pre-grouping Scottish railway company that operated routes in southwest Scotland and connected Glasgow with Ayrshire, Dumfries, and England.
-
D.
Midland Railway
Midland Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century British railway company that operated extensive routes across central and northern England and played a key role in the development of the UK rail network.
-
E.
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway
The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that operated a key route linking Glasgow with the port town of Greenock before being absorbed into larger railway groupings.
- 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_69a4937bcaac8190a322524ac6f45a5a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ab7aea38819092a0860ec6e2a033 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7c7103a00819087ad711a2ab99770 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7c7b8158c819095a82dcd02d6a7fb |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7c888cd98819082dc39739d14dc67 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.