Triple
T8494885
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Virgin logo |
E201072
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedByBrand |
P23474
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Virgin Trains (historical) |
E39794
|
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: Virgin Trains (historical) | Statement: [Virgin logo, usedByBrand, Virgin Trains (historical)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgin Trains (historical) Context triple: [Virgin logo, usedByBrand, Virgin Trains (historical)]
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A.
Virgin Trains
chosen
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.
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B.
Hull Trains (former)
Hull Trains (former) was an open-access train operating company in the UK that previously ran services using British Rail Class 170 diesel multiple units.
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C.
British Rail
British Rail was the state-owned company that operated most of the railway services in Great Britain from the late 1940s until the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.
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D.
Northern Trains
Northern Trains is a British train operating company that runs local and regional passenger rail services across Northern England.
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E.
Wessex Trains (past)
Wessex Trains was a former British train operating company in the UK that provided regional and local passenger rail services in the West Country and surrounding areas until its services were absorbed into other franchises.
- 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_69ca831ee390819095fae73400bbfafc |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe57c01f881908cb77c8c834ac08d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce3a6117988190b8c667d4263f3e86 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.