Triple
T2102621
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shrewsbury–Chester line |
E37123
|
entity |
| Predicate | operator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | West Midlands Trains |
E37119
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: West Midlands Trains | Statement: [Shrewsbury–Chester line, operator, West Midlands Trains]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Midlands Trains Context triple: [Shrewsbury–Chester line, operator, West Midlands Trains]
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A.
Northern Trains
Northern Trains is a British train operating company that runs local and regional passenger rail services across Northern England.
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B.
West Midlands Railway
chosen
West Midlands Railway is a British train operating company providing regional and commuter rail services across the West Midlands and surrounding areas of England.
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C.
Northern Rail
Northern Rail is a British train operating company providing regional and commuter rail services across Northern England.
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D.
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains was a British train operating company under Richard Branson’s Virgin Group brand that ran long-distance passenger rail services in the UK.
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E.
TransPennine Express
TransPennine Express is a British train operating company providing intercity and regional rail services across northern England and into Scotland.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69a8861828948190924aa30c08806b3a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbabe1e9081908ea66c5406e2f1d9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aebf11478c8190988a280a5088b25d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.