Triple
T1273352
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Rail |
E15757
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Freight Operating Companies
Freight Operating Companies are rail businesses that provide commercial freight transport services, typically running cargo trains and logistics operations on national rail networks.
|
E144350
|
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: Freight Operating Companies | Statement: [British Rail, successor, Freight Operating Companies]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freight Operating Companies Context triple: [British Rail, successor, Freight Operating Companies]
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A.
BG Freight Line
BG Freight Line is a short-sea container shipping and logistics company operating services across Northern Europe and the UK and Ireland.
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B.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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C.
Pan Am Railways
Pan Am Railways was a regional freight railroad in New England, formerly known as Guilford Rail System, that operated an extensive network across the northeastern United States.
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D.
Class I freight railroads in the United States
Class I freight railroads in the United States are the largest and highest-revenue freight rail carriers in the country, operating extensive long-haul networks that move the majority of U.S. rail cargo.
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E.
Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
- 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: Freight Operating Companies Triple: [British Rail, successor, Freight Operating Companies]
Generated description
Freight Operating Companies are rail businesses that provide commercial freight transport services, typically running cargo trains and logistics operations on national rail networks.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freight Operating Companies Target entity description: Freight Operating Companies are rail businesses that provide commercial freight transport services, typically running cargo trains and logistics operations on national rail networks.
-
A.
BG Freight Line
BG Freight Line is a short-sea container shipping and logistics company operating services across Northern Europe and the UK and Ireland.
-
B.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
-
C.
Pan Am Railways
Pan Am Railways was a regional freight railroad in New England, formerly known as Guilford Rail System, that operated an extensive network across the northeastern United States.
-
D.
Class I freight railroads in the United States
Class I freight railroads in the United States are the largest and highest-revenue freight rail carriers in the country, operating extensive long-haul networks that move the majority of U.S. rail cargo.
-
E.
Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
- 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c06d73608190be87be49c4367072 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac998e56488190ac3cf51563335e30 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac9a14a53481908c45e4e6609a368e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac9a98788881909e316322af87b848 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.