Triple
T10411270
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Series |
E245395
|
entity |
| Predicate | secondBook |
P83020
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas the Tank Engine |
E862022
|
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: Thomas the Tank Engine | Statement: [The Railway Series, secondBook, Thomas the Tank Engine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas the Tank Engine Context triple: [The Railway Series, secondBook, Thomas the Tank Engine]
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A.
Thomas the Tank Engine
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
Thomas & Friends
Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series featuring anthropomorphic trains and vehicles on the Island of Sodor, adapted from the classic Railway Series books.
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D.
Noddy
Noddy is a popular British children's book character, a wooden boy who lives in the toy town of Toyland, created by author Enid Blyton.
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E.
Tank Engine Thomas Again
"Tank Engine Thomas Again" is a children's book in the classic British Railway Series that continues the adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends on the Island of Sodor.
- 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_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. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:09 p.m.