Triple
T971039
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Manchester–Preston line |
E20944
|
entity |
| Predicate | owner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Network Rail |
E6908
|
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: Network Rail | Statement: [Manchester–Preston line, owner, Network Rail]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Network Rail Context triple: [Manchester–Preston line, owner, Network Rail]
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A.
Network Rail
chosen
Network Rail is the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain, responsible for tracks, signals, major stations, and related assets.
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B.
National Rail
National Rail is the collective name for the passenger rail services and network in Great Britain, encompassing most regional and intercity train operations outside of urban metro systems.
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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.
National Rail Enquiries
National Rail Enquiries is the official information service for Britain’s National Rail network, providing timetables, fares, and real-time journey updates to passengers.
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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.
- 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_69a493b33d2c81909c52c369d3ca8436 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b44aa6088190a90c44a8f694ec41 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac537ba7c08190966fa4a29da90310 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.