Triple

T180958
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject CrossCountry E3874 entity
Predicate ultimateOwner P347 FINISHED
Object Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn is Germany's state-owned national railway company and one of the largest rail and logistics operators in Europe.
E22662 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Deutsche Bahn | Statement: [CrossCountry, ultimateOwner, Deutsche Bahn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deutsche Bahn
Context triple: [CrossCountry, ultimateOwner, Deutsche Bahn]
  • A. Swiss Federal Railways
    Swiss Federal Railways is Switzerland’s national railway company, responsible for operating the majority of the country’s passenger and freight rail services and managing much of its rail infrastructure.
  • B. Rail Delivery Group
    Rail Delivery Group is the industry body that represents and coordinates Britain’s passenger and freight train operators and Network Rail, working to improve and manage the national rail system.
  • C. RegioExpress
    RegioExpress is a category of Swiss regional express trains that provide relatively fast, limited-stop connections between major and medium-sized towns.
  • D. Russian Railways
    Russian Railways is Russia’s state-owned national railway company, operating the country’s extensive passenger and freight rail network across its vast territory.
  • E. Amtrak
    Amtrak is the United States’ national passenger railroad service, operating intercity and long-distance trains across much of the country.
  • 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: Deutsche Bahn
Triple: [CrossCountry, ultimateOwner, Deutsche Bahn]
Generated description
Deutsche Bahn is Germany's state-owned national railway company and one of the largest rail and logistics operators in Europe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deutsche Bahn
Target entity description: Deutsche Bahn is Germany's state-owned national railway company and one of the largest rail and logistics operators in Europe.
  • A. Swiss Federal Railways
    Swiss Federal Railways is Switzerland’s national railway company, responsible for operating the majority of the country’s passenger and freight rail services and managing much of its rail infrastructure.
  • B. Rail Delivery Group
    Rail Delivery Group is the industry body that represents and coordinates Britain’s passenger and freight train operators and Network Rail, working to improve and manage the national rail system.
  • C. RegioExpress
    RegioExpress is a category of Swiss regional express trains that provide relatively fast, limited-stop connections between major and medium-sized towns.
  • D. Russian Railways
    Russian Railways is Russia’s state-owned national railway company, operating the country’s extensive passenger and freight rail network across its vast territory.
  • E. Amtrak
    Amtrak is the United States’ national passenger railroad service, operating intercity and long-distance trains across much of the country.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: ultimateOwner
Context triple: [CrossCountry, ultimateOwner, Deutsche Bahn]
  • A. ownedBy chosen
    Indicates that one entity possesses legal or rightful ownership of another entity.
  • B. lastHolder
    Indicates that the subject is the most recent entity to have possessed, owned, or held the object.
  • C. primaryUser
    Indicates that the referenced user is the main or principal user associated with a given account, resource, or context.
  • D. exclusivePower
    Indicates that one entity holds sole authority or control over another entity or a specific domain, excluding others from sharing that power.
  • E. firstOccupiedBy
    Indicates which entity was the initial or earliest known occupant of a given place, position, or resource.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a25497e2f08190a040f8c6e1842643 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25923507c8190bd7f6eda404b0da0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2f0b71080819086362f6036b41162 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2f12f181c8190bae3098a2928feff completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2f3771fcc8190b8486be33f695524 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2566ccc288190add5624ede96d82b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.