Triple
T10411293
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Series |
E245395
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableBook |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James the Red Engine |
E866080
|
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: James the Red Engine | Statement: [The Railway Series, notableBook, James the Red Engine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James the Red Engine Context triple: [The Railway Series, notableBook, James the Red Engine]
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A.
James the Red Engine
chosen
James the Red Engine is a bright red mixed-traffic steam locomotive and one of the main anthropomorphic train characters in Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series, later popularized by the Thomas & Friends television adaptations.
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B.
River Don Engine
The River Don Engine is a historic, high-powered steam engine from Sheffield’s industrial era, renowned for its role in driving heavy steel rolling mills.
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C.
Toby the Tram Engine
Toby the Tram Engine is a vintage steam tram engine character from The Railway Series, known for his square shape, cowcatchers, and steady, dependable nature.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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_69d90d92510481909135a75b2f582795 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:47 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:09 p.m.