Triple
T19673471
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shifnal railway station |
E472391
|
entity |
| Predicate | originalOperator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway | Statement: [Shifnal railway station, originalOperator, Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Context triple: [Shifnal railway station, originalOperator, Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway]
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A.
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway was a 19th-century railway company in England and Wales that operated the line connecting Shrewsbury to Chester before its later absorption into larger railway networks.
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B.
Bristol and Birmingham Railway
The Bristol and Birmingham Railway was a historic British railway line that connected the cities of Bristol and Birmingham and later became part of the Midland Railway network.
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C.
Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway
The Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway was a historic British railway company that operated the line connecting Crewe and Shrewsbury in England during the 19th century.
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D.
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway was a 19th-century British railway company that built and operated lines linking Oxford with the West Midlands, later becoming part of the Great Western Railway network.
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E.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway was an early 19th-century English railway line that formed a key part of the route between the Midlands and the southwest, later becoming an important component of the Midland Railway network.
- 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: Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Target entity description: The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway was a 19th-century British railway company that operated the line connecting Shrewsbury to Birmingham, later becoming part of the Great Western Railway network.
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A.
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway was a 19th-century railway company in England and Wales that operated the line connecting Shrewsbury to Chester before its later absorption into larger railway networks.
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B.
Bristol and Birmingham Railway
The Bristol and Birmingham Railway was a historic British railway line that connected the cities of Bristol and Birmingham and later became part of the Midland Railway network.
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C.
Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway
The Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway was a historic British railway company that operated the line connecting Crewe and Shrewsbury in England during the 19th century.
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D.
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway was a 19th-century British railway company that built and operated lines linking Oxford with the West Midlands, later becoming part of the Great Western Railway network.
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E.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway was an early 19th-century English railway line that formed a key part of the route between the Midlands and the southwest, later becoming an important component of the Midland Railway network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8e514f2e08190ba70a4449519d218 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6416e19d881909248c4f778f7147a |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.