Triple
T1318989
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Salford Central railway station |
E28171
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectsTo |
P845
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Blackburn railway station
Blackburn railway station is a main railway hub in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire, providing regional and local train services across North West England.
|
E153052
|
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: Blackburn railway station | Statement: [Salford Central railway station, connectsTo, Blackburn railway station]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blackburn railway station Context triple: [Salford Central railway station, connectsTo, Blackburn railway station]
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A.
Bolton railway station
Bolton railway station is a major railway hub in Greater Manchester, England, providing regional and commuter services that connect the town of Bolton with key destinations across the North West.
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B.
Bradford station
Bradford station is a commuter rail station in Haverhill, Massachusetts, serving MBTA's Haverhill Line.
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C.
Sheffield railway station
Sheffield railway station is a major rail hub in South Yorkshire, England, providing regional and long-distance services and serving as the principal station for the city of Sheffield.
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D.
Swinton railway station
Swinton railway station is a suburban rail station in Greater Manchester, England, providing local and regional train services for the town of Swinton and surrounding areas.
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E.
Stockport railway station
Stockport railway station is a major railway hub in Greater Manchester, England, serving as an important stop on the West Coast Main Line with frequent intercity and regional services.
- 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: Blackburn railway station Triple: [Salford Central railway station, connectsTo, Blackburn railway station]
Generated description
Blackburn railway station is a main railway hub in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire, providing regional and local train services across North West England.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blackburn railway station Target entity description: Blackburn railway station is a main railway hub in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire, providing regional and local train services across North West England.
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A.
Bolton railway station
Bolton railway station is a major railway hub in Greater Manchester, England, providing regional and commuter services that connect the town of Bolton with key destinations across the North West.
-
B.
Bradford station
Bradford station is a commuter rail station in Haverhill, Massachusetts, serving MBTA's Haverhill Line.
-
C.
Sheffield railway station
Sheffield railway station is a major rail hub in South Yorkshire, England, providing regional and long-distance services and serving as the principal station for the city of Sheffield.
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D.
Swinton railway station
Swinton railway station is a suburban rail station in Greater Manchester, England, providing local and regional train services for the town of Swinton and surrounding areas.
-
E.
Stockport railway station
Stockport railway station is a major railway hub in Greater Manchester, England, serving as an important stop on the West Coast Main Line with frequent intercity and regional services.
- 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_69a498532c3481909223b74af2e578df |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c1780be8819083a9365b8a49305d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acc6255b808190823bc240365ed304 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acc684fb34819097fbb1659032d3c2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acc6ec853c8190b60bd2d876605c48 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.