Triple
T1746646
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | London and North Eastern Railway |
E38349
|
entity |
| Predicate | designer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nigel Gresley
Nigel Gresley was a renowned British steam locomotive engineer best known for designing record-breaking express engines such as the LNER Class A4 Mallard.
|
E195635
|
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: Nigel Gresley | Statement: [London and North Eastern Railway, designer, Nigel Gresley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Gresley Context triple: [London and North Eastern Railway, designer, Nigel Gresley]
-
A.
George Ivatt
George Ivatt was a British railway engineer best known for designing some of the last steam and early diesel locomotives for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its nationalised successor, British Railways.
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B.
Richard Beeching
Richard Beeching was a British physicist, industrialist, and chairman of British Railways best known for authoring the 1960s reports that led to widespread railway line closures in the UK.
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C.
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson was a pioneering 19th-century English railway and civil engineer renowned for his work on early steam locomotives and major railway bridges.
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D.
Roy Fedden
Roy Fedden was a prominent British aircraft engine designer and engineer, best known for his influential work on piston engines that powered many Royal Air Force aircraft in the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
John Wilkinson
John Wilkinson was an influential 18th-century English industrialist and ironmaster whose innovations in iron production and precision boring greatly advanced the Industrial Revolution.
- 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: Nigel Gresley Triple: [London and North Eastern Railway, designer, Nigel Gresley]
Generated description
Nigel Gresley was a renowned British steam locomotive engineer best known for designing record-breaking express engines such as the LNER Class A4 Mallard.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Gresley Target entity description: Nigel Gresley was a renowned British steam locomotive engineer best known for designing record-breaking express engines such as the LNER Class A4 Mallard.
-
A.
George Ivatt
George Ivatt was a British railway engineer best known for designing some of the last steam and early diesel locomotives for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its nationalised successor, British Railways.
-
B.
Richard Beeching
Richard Beeching was a British physicist, industrialist, and chairman of British Railways best known for authoring the 1960s reports that led to widespread railway line closures in the UK.
-
C.
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson was a pioneering 19th-century English railway and civil engineer renowned for his work on early steam locomotives and major railway bridges.
-
D.
Roy Fedden
Roy Fedden was a prominent British aircraft engine designer and engineer, best known for his influential work on piston engines that powered many Royal Air Force aircraft in the early to mid-20th century.
-
E.
John Wilkinson
John Wilkinson was an influential 18th-century English industrialist and ironmaster whose innovations in iron production and precision boring greatly advanced the Industrial Revolution.
- 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_69a8862b01a48190ab47209063af82d9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa63eabdf48190878ecde3d1b1faf3 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada0e058948190939e936af8f0e221 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ada1a2122481909c7a3470e090af17 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ada23515d08190833ad1a35bb7a265 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.