Triple

T17176896
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Transport Holding Company E416882 entity
Predicate owned P347 FINISHED
Object Scottish Bus Group companies
Scottish Bus Group companies were regional bus operators in Scotland that formed part of the state-owned Scottish Bus Group, providing extensive public transport services across the country in the mid-20th century.
E1254207 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: Scottish Bus Group companies | Statement: [Transport Holding Company, owned, Scottish Bus Group companies]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scottish Bus Group companies
Context triple: [Transport Holding Company, owned, Scottish Bus Group companies]
  • A. Lothian Buses
    Lothian Buses is the primary municipal bus operator serving Edinburgh and the surrounding Lothian region in Scotland.
  • B. Oxford Bus Company
    Oxford Bus Company is a major bus operator providing local and intercity bus services in and around Oxford, England.
  • C. FirstGroup
    FirstGroup is a major UK-based transport operator that runs bus and rail services across the United Kingdom and North America.
  • D. First Bus
    First Bus is a major UK bus operator providing local and regional public transport services in numerous towns and cities.
  • E. Lothian Motorcoaches
    Lothian Motorcoaches is a coach and tour operator brand providing longer-distance and excursion services as part of the Edinburgh-based Lothian Buses group.
  • 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: Scottish Bus Group companies
Triple: [Transport Holding Company, owned, Scottish Bus Group companies]
Generated description
Scottish Bus Group companies were regional bus operators in Scotland that formed part of the state-owned Scottish Bus Group, providing extensive public transport services across the country in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scottish Bus Group companies
Target entity description: Scottish Bus Group companies were regional bus operators in Scotland that formed part of the state-owned Scottish Bus Group, providing extensive public transport services across the country in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Lothian Buses
    Lothian Buses is the primary municipal bus operator serving Edinburgh and the surrounding Lothian region in Scotland.
  • B. Oxford Bus Company
    Oxford Bus Company is a major bus operator providing local and intercity bus services in and around Oxford, England.
  • C. FirstGroup
    FirstGroup is a major UK-based transport operator that runs bus and rail services across the United Kingdom and North America.
  • D. First Bus
    First Bus is a major UK bus operator providing local and regional public transport services in numerous towns and cities.
  • E. Lothian Motorcoaches
    Lothian Motorcoaches is a coach and tour operator brand providing longer-distance and excursion services as part of the Edinburgh-based Lothian Buses group.
  • 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_69d886d5f34c8190b24564dfaa63f3fb completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3fc0e14e08190901b1fbccc9322ae completed April 18, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0148455afc8190931ba1316705ae0c completed May 11, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a014a2f8fec8190b1303967a76ceb63 completed May 11, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a014ab0be388190a6ce49cff469fe81 completed May 11, 2026, 3:19 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:37 a.m.