Triple
T16278052
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ellesmere Port Docks |
E395185
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company |
E546059
|
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: Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company | Statement: [Ellesmere Port Docks, associatedWith, Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company Context triple: [Ellesmere Port Docks, associatedWith, Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company]
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A.
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company
chosen
The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company was a 19th-century British transport company that operated and integrated canal and railway networks across parts of England and Wales.
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B.
North Staffordshire Railway
The North Staffordshire Railway was a historic British railway company serving the Staffordshire region, particularly around Stoke-on-Trent and the Potteries, before being absorbed into larger railway groupings.
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C.
South Staffordshire Railway
South Staffordshire Railway was a 19th-century British railway company that developed and operated lines in the South Staffordshire region of England before being absorbed into larger railway networks.
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D.
Bristol and Gloucester Railway
The Bristol and Gloucester Railway was a 19th-century English railway line that connected Bristol with Gloucester and later became part of the expanding Midland Railway network.
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E.
Bristol and Birmingham Railway
The Bristol and Birmingham Railway was a historic British railway line that connected the cities of Bristol and Birmingham and later became part of the Midland Railway network.
- 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_69d87f22c7248190a54c949738441e2e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2460f73648190b5c931f2ba2a09da |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0017c2b9688190b96d62d83a03f158 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:05 a.m.