Triple
T16331056
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | ScotRail Highland routes |
E396549
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalPredecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Rail Scottish Region rural services |
E400059
|
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: British Rail Scottish Region rural services | Statement: [ScotRail Highland routes, historicalPredecessor, British Rail Scottish Region rural services]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail Scottish Region rural services Context triple: [ScotRail Highland routes, historicalPredecessor, British Rail Scottish Region rural services]
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A.
British Railways Scottish Region
chosen
British Railways Scottish Region was the post-nationalisation division of British Railways responsible for operating and managing the railway network in Scotland.
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B.
British Rail Provincial sector
The British Rail Provincial sector was the division of British Rail responsible for operating most non-intercity and rural passenger train services across the United Kingdom before sectorisation reforms led to its rebranding as Regional Railways.
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C.
ScotRail West Region
ScotRail West Region is an operational area of Scotland’s national rail operator that oversees passenger train services and stations across the western part of the country.
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D.
Edinburgh–Stirling services
Edinburgh–Stirling services are regional rail passenger routes in central Scotland that connect Edinburgh with the city of Stirling and intermediate communities.
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E.
South West Scotland rail network
The South West Scotland rail network is a regional railway system serving towns and cities across southwestern Scotland, providing passenger and freight connections to major Scottish and cross-border routes.
- 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_69d87f255b788190a400eba031dd85d8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2c4dfd9688190a749e48ebc055baf |
completed | April 17, 2026, 11:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a002613c0e88190b91da8eba683c864 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:07 a.m.