Triple

T1804711
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Virgin Trains E39794 entity
Predicate operatedUnderFranchiseFrom P5866 FINISHED
Object UK Department for Transport E4175 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: UK Department for Transport | Statement: [Virgin Trains, operatedUnderFranchiseFrom, UK Department for Transport]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: UK Department for Transport
Context triple: [Virgin Trains, operatedUnderFranchiseFrom, UK Department for Transport]
  • A. Department for Transport chosen
    The Department for Transport is the UK government ministry responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure, and regulation across road, rail, air, and sea.
  • B. Office of Rail and Road
    The Office of Rail and Road is the independent regulator and competition authority for Britain’s railway network and the economic regulator for England’s strategic road network.
  • C. Ministry of Transport
    The Ministry of Transport is Egypt’s government body responsible for planning, regulating, and overseeing the country’s transportation infrastructure and services across road, rail, maritime, and other transit sectors.
  • D. Secretary of State for Transport
    The Secretary of State for Transport is the UK government cabinet minister responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure, and regulation.
  • E. Transport Committee
    The Transport Committee is a London Assembly body that scrutinizes and advises on the capital’s transport policies, services, and infrastructure.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: operatedUnderFranchiseFrom
Context triple: [Virgin Trains, operatedUnderFranchiseFrom, UK Department for Transport]
  • A. franchiseOf chosen
    Indicates that one entity operates as a franchise belonging to or licensed by another entity.
  • B. typeOfFranchise
    Indicates the specific category or kind of franchise that an entity belongs to within a broader franchising system.
  • C. franchiseName
    Indicates that an entity is identified by or associated with a specific franchise’s official name.
  • D. distributesFranchise
    Indicates that one party grants or allocates franchise rights or opportunities to another party.
  • E. franchiseStatus
    Indicates the current standing or condition of a franchise relationship between parties, such as whether it is active, inactive, pending, or terminated.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aba67721788190951beae25e885457 completed March 7, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adb5df20948190943a60c209270b62 completed March 8, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aa61d514c081908197ac1f7c7d7a88 completed March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.