Triple

T16470885
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Rail steam locomotives E400055 entity
Predicate replacedBy P101 FINISHED
Object British Rail electric locomotives
British Rail electric locomotives were a fleet of electrically powered engines introduced to modernize and improve the efficiency of rail services across the British railway network.
E1216552 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: British Rail electric locomotives | Statement: [British Rail steam locomotives, replacedBy, British Rail electric locomotives]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail electric locomotives
Context triple: [British Rail steam locomotives, replacedBy, British Rail electric locomotives]
  • A. British Rail electric multiple units
    British Rail electric multiple units are self-propelled electric passenger train sets used across the British railway network, typically formed of multiple carriages that can be coupled and operated together.
  • B. British Rail steam locomotives
    British Rail steam locomotives were the steam-powered engines operated on Britain’s nationalized railway system in the mid-20th century, spanning a wide range of classes used for passenger and freight services before diesel and electric traction took over.
  • C. British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives (later production and overhauls)
    The later-production and overhauled British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives are a fleet of Bo-Bo freight locomotives modernized and refined by British Rail Engineering Limited for improved reliability and extended mainline service in the UK.
  • D. British Rail second-generation DMUs
    British Rail second-generation DMUs are more modern diesel multiple-unit trains introduced from the 1980s onward to replace earlier designs, featuring improved performance, comfort, and reliability across the UK rail network.
  • E. British Rail Class 56
    The British Rail Class 56 is a heavy freight diesel-electric locomotive introduced in the 1970s for high-power haulage duties on the UK rail network.
  • 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: British Rail electric locomotives
Triple: [British Rail steam locomotives, replacedBy, British Rail electric locomotives]
Generated description
British Rail electric locomotives were a fleet of electrically powered engines introduced to modernize and improve the efficiency of rail services across the British railway network.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail electric locomotives
Target entity description: British Rail electric locomotives were a fleet of electrically powered engines introduced to modernize and improve the efficiency of rail services across the British railway network.
  • A. British Rail electric multiple units
    British Rail electric multiple units are self-propelled electric passenger train sets used across the British railway network, typically formed of multiple carriages that can be coupled and operated together.
  • B. British Rail steam locomotives
    British Rail steam locomotives were the steam-powered engines operated on Britain’s nationalized railway system in the mid-20th century, spanning a wide range of classes used for passenger and freight services before diesel and electric traction took over.
  • C. British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives (later production and overhauls)
    The later-production and overhauled British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives are a fleet of Bo-Bo freight locomotives modernized and refined by British Rail Engineering Limited for improved reliability and extended mainline service in the UK.
  • D. British Rail second-generation DMUs
    British Rail second-generation DMUs are more modern diesel multiple-unit trains introduced from the 1980s onward to replace earlier designs, featuring improved performance, comfort, and reliability across the UK rail network.
  • E. British Rail Class 56
    The British Rail Class 56 is a heavy freight diesel-electric locomotive introduced in the 1970s for high-power haulage duties on the UK rail network.
  • 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_69d87f2dac988190b74d6e185fa88ba4 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32dd0d2fc81909b68b5afb00f192f completed April 18, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00581c24508190b4888357828fed80 completed May 10, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00592562708190ae88f24fb34c7a02 completed May 10, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a005a17fd648190b2c6843f47a9ee2c completed May 10, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:11 a.m.