Triple
T10411259
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Series |
E245395
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gordon the Big Engine
Gordon the Big Engine is a powerful blue express locomotive and one of the main characters in Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series of children’s books.
|
E863777
|
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: Gordon the Big Engine | Statement: [The Railway Series, hasMainCharacter, Gordon the Big Engine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon the Big Engine Context triple: [The Railway Series, hasMainCharacter, Gordon the Big Engine]
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A.
Edward the Blue Engine
Edward the Blue Engine is a kind, wise, and hardworking blue steam locomotive from The Railway Series, known as one of the oldest and most reliable engines on the Island of Sodor.
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B.
Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic steam locomotive from British children's books and television, known for his adventures on the Island of Sodor.
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C.
Percy the Small Engine
Percy the Small Engine is a small green saddle tank engine from the Thomas & Friends/ Railway Series universe, known for his cheeky, eager-to-help personality and close friendship with Thomas.
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D.
The Three Railway Engines
The Three Railway Engines is a 1945 children's book by Rev. W. Awdry that introduced the world of talking steam locomotives later popularized in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories.
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E.
Henry the Green Engine
Henry the Green Engine is a large green steam locomotive character from The Railway Series books, known for his sensitive nature, occasional health troubles, and later reliability on the North Western Railway.
- 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: Gordon the Big Engine Triple: [The Railway Series, hasMainCharacter, Gordon the Big Engine]
Generated description
Gordon the Big Engine is a powerful blue express locomotive and one of the main characters in Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series of children’s books.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon the Big Engine Target entity description: Gordon the Big Engine is a powerful blue express locomotive and one of the main characters in Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series of children’s books.
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A.
Edward the Blue Engine
Edward the Blue Engine is a kind, wise, and hardworking blue steam locomotive from The Railway Series, known as one of the oldest and most reliable engines on the Island of Sodor.
-
B.
Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic steam locomotive from British children's books and television, known for his adventures on the Island of Sodor.
-
C.
Percy the Small Engine
Percy the Small Engine is a small green saddle tank engine from the Thomas & Friends/ Railway Series universe, known for his cheeky, eager-to-help personality and close friendship with Thomas.
-
D.
The Three Railway Engines
The Three Railway Engines is a 1945 children's book by Rev. W. Awdry that introduced the world of talking steam locomotives later popularized in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories.
-
E.
Henry the Green Engine
Henry the Green Engine is a large green steam locomotive character from The Railway Series books, known for his sensitive nature, occasional health troubles, and later reliability on the North Western Railway.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69d381be340c8190b05998703d42d224 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4e9fc72d081908d81c71133973daf |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d87e9084fc81909e1d46a111a1ef2b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d886c325c4819089dac35eb26e7961 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d88dbbe97c8190861e08f3ff39f91b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:09 p.m.