LMS 44871
E402334
LMS 44871 is a preserved example of the British LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" steam locomotive, renowned for its versatility and widespread use.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LMS 44871 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3917091 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: LMS 44871 Context triple: [LMS Black Five, notableExample, LMS 44871]
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A.
LMS 8F
LMS 8F is a class of British heavy freight steam locomotives widely used during and after World War II for hauling goods trains.
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B.
LMS Princess Royal Class
The LMS Princess Royal Class was a series of powerful British express passenger steam locomotives built in the 1930s for high-speed mainline services on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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C.
LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 steam locomotives
The LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 steam locomotives were a class of light mixed-traffic engines designed in the 1940s for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and later British Railways, intended for branch line and secondary duties.
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D.
Lion steam locomotive
The Lion steam locomotive is a preserved early 19th-century British steam engine famed for its role in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and as one of the oldest surviving working locomotives.
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E.
LMS Coronation Class
The LMS Coronation Class was a fleet of powerful British express passenger steam locomotives built for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1930s, renowned for their streamlined design and high-speed performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: LMS 44871 Target entity description: LMS 44871 is a preserved example of the British LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" steam locomotive, renowned for its versatility and widespread use.
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A.
LMS 8F
LMS 8F is a class of British heavy freight steam locomotives widely used during and after World War II for hauling goods trains.
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B.
LMS Princess Royal Class
The LMS Princess Royal Class was a series of powerful British express passenger steam locomotives built in the 1930s for high-speed mainline services on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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C.
LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 steam locomotives
The LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 steam locomotives were a class of light mixed-traffic engines designed in the 1940s for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and later British Railways, intended for branch line and secondary duties.
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D.
Lion steam locomotive
The Lion steam locomotive is a preserved early 19th-century British steam engine famed for its role in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and as one of the oldest surviving working locomotives.
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E.
LMS Coronation Class
The LMS Coronation Class was a fleet of powerful British express passenger steam locomotives built for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1930s, renowned for their streamlined design and high-speed performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Black Five
ⓘ
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 ⓘ preserved locomotive ⓘ steam locomotive ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
44871
ⓘ
LMS Black Five ⓘ
surface form:
Black Five 44871
|
| builtFor | London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ |
| class |
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" locomotives
ⓘ
surface form:
LMS Stanier Class 5
|
| configuration | tender locomotive ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designer | William Stanier ⓘ |
| era | British steam era ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| heritageUse |
heritage railway services
ⓘ
railtour services ⓘ |
| locomotiveFamily |
Black Five
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Five class
|
| notableFor |
versatility
ⓘ
widespread use in British steam era ⓘ |
| operator | London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ |
| powerType | steam ⓘ |
| preservationType | operational preservation ⓘ |
| railwayCompanyType | Big Four railway company ⓘ |
| railwayRegion | LMS network ⓘ |
| regionOfOperation |
Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Britain
|
| status | preserved ⓘ |
| tractionType | coal-fired ⓘ |
| use |
freight services
ⓘ
mixed-traffic duties ⓘ passenger services ⓘ |
| wheelArrangement | 4-6-0 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: LMS 44871 Description of subject: LMS 44871 is a preserved example of the British LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" steam locomotive, renowned for its versatility and widespread use.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0