Triple
T9602729
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tokyo metropolitan area |
E231887
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMajorRailwayOperator |
P5620
|
FINISHED |
| Object | East Japan Railway Company |
E149875
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: East Japan Railway Company | Statement: [Tokyo metropolitan area, hasMajorRailwayOperator, East Japan Railway Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East Japan Railway Company Context triple: [Tokyo metropolitan area, hasMajorRailwayOperator, East Japan Railway Company]
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A.
East Japan Railway Company
chosen
East Japan Railway Company is a major Japanese railway operator that runs an extensive network of commuter and high-speed train services across eastern Honshu, including the Tokyo metropolitan area.
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B.
West Japan Railway Company
West Japan Railway Company is one of Japan’s major regional railway operators, managing extensive rail networks across western Honshu including the Kansai area.
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C.
Central Japan Railway Company
Central Japan Railway Company is a major Japanese railway operator best known for running the Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed rail line connecting Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.
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D.
Japan Railways Group
Japan Railways Group is a major network of regional railway companies in Japan that emerged from the privatization of the former Japanese National Railways and operates much of the country’s passenger rail services, including high-speed Shinkansen lines.
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E.
Japanese National Railways
Japanese National Railways was Japan’s former state-owned railway company that operated the country’s nationwide rail network until its privatization and breakup in 1987.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasMajorRailwayOperator Context triple: [Tokyo metropolitan area, hasMajorRailwayOperator, East Japan Railway Company]
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A.
hasLocalRailOperator
Indicates that a specified rail operator is responsible for providing local or regional rail services within a particular area or network.
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B.
hasRailOperatorNamedAfter
Indicates that a rail operator is named after the specified entity.
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C.
formerRailOperator
Indicates that an entity previously operated a rail service or railway system but no longer does so.
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D.
isNationalRailwaySystemOf
Indicates that one entity functions as the official national railway system serving and operating within the territory of another entity.
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E.
railwayCompany
chosen
Indicates that one entity is a railway company that owns, operates, or manages railway services or infrastructure in relation to another entity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69ca8484838c8190b2049199d22fef70 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9a5af8f0819089408ed630afa812 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1792ba9388190b98d4fb081510c30 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 8:48 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ccd5a6fd2481908efd131e207b8143 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:08 p.m.