Triple

T17686037
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject First Great Western E440889 entity
Predicate operatedFranchise P5866 FINISHED
Object Great Western franchise NE NERFINISHED

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: Great Western franchise | Statement: [First Great Western, operatedFranchise, Great Western franchise]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Western franchise
Context triple: [First Great Western, operatedFranchise, Great Western franchise]
  • A. Southwestern Limited
    Southwestern Limited was a named passenger train operated by the New York Central Railroad that provided long-distance service to the southwestern regions of its network.
  • B. West Coast Railways
    West Coast Railways is a British charter train operator best known for running heritage and steam-hauled services, including the famous Jacobite route in Scotland.
  • C. Big Four of the Central Pacific
    The Big Four of the Central Pacific were a group of influential 19th-century railroad magnates—Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker—who financed and built the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States.
  • D. Union Pacific Overland Route
    The Union Pacific Overland Route was a premier transcontinental rail line that served as a primary passenger and freight corridor across the western United States.
  • E. Pan Am Railways
    Pan Am Railways was a regional freight railroad in New England, formerly known as Guilford Rail System, that operated an extensive network across the northeastern United States.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Western franchise
Target entity description: The Great Western franchise is a major UK passenger rail franchise covering long-distance, regional, and commuter services across western England and South Wales, including routes from London Paddington.
  • A. Southwestern Limited
    Southwestern Limited was a named passenger train operated by the New York Central Railroad that provided long-distance service to the southwestern regions of its network.
  • B. West Coast Railways
    West Coast Railways is a British charter train operator best known for running heritage and steam-hauled services, including the famous Jacobite route in Scotland.
  • C. Big Four of the Central Pacific
    The Big Four of the Central Pacific were a group of influential 19th-century railroad magnates—Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker—who financed and built the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States.
  • D. Union Pacific Overland Route
    The Union Pacific Overland Route was a premier transcontinental rail line that served as a primary passenger and freight corridor across the western United States.
  • E. Pan Am Railways
    Pan Am Railways was a regional freight railroad in New England, formerly known as Guilford Rail System, that operated an extensive network across the northeastern United States.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: operatedFranchise
Context triple: [First Great Western, operatedFranchise, Great Western franchise]
  • A. operatesUnderFranchiseFrom
    Indicates that one entity conducts its business or operations under the franchising rights, brand, and system granted by another entity.
  • B. operatedFranchiseLeague
    Indicates that an entity managed and ran the operations of a franchise-based sports league.
  • C. franchiseOf chosen
    Indicates that one entity operates as a franchise belonging to or licensed by another entity.
  • D. participatingFranchise
    Indicates that a franchise is involved as a participant in a particular program, event, or arrangement.
  • E. overseesFranchise
    Indicates that one entity has managerial or supervisory authority over the operations or activities of a franchise associated with another entity.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8b9e940b081908b862bb0e6e89b0d completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e47047d90c8190a172201f3de6db87 completed April 19, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e3cde3673c8190a889e14ba1f07dc1 completed April 18, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:02 a.m.