Triple

T21522022
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St Ives railway station E530997 entity
Predicate formerOperator P179 FINISHED
Object Great Western Railway — NE NERFINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 Railway | Statement: [St Ives railway station, formerOperator, Great Western Railway]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Great Western Railway
Context triple: [St Ives railway station, formerOperator, Great Western Railway]
  • A. Great Western Railway chosen
    Great Western Railway is a major British train operating company providing intercity and regional rail services across western and southern England and South Wales.
  • B. Great Western Railway
    Great Western Railway was a historic Canadian railway company that played a key role in 19th-century transportation and trade across southern Ontario and into the United States.
  • C. London and South Western Railway
    The London and South Western Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century British railway company that operated an extensive network in southwest London, Surrey, Hampshire, and the West Country, including key routes to the south coast and the port of Southampton.
  • D. Great Eastern Railway
    Great Eastern Railway was a major pre-grouping British railway company that operated an extensive network across East Anglia and into London from the mid-19th to early 20th century.
  • E. London and North Western Railway
    London and North Western Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century British railway company that operated extensive routes across England and Wales before becoming part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69e0c45d95a081908e7962ad215da746 elicitation completed
NER batch_69ee884cff5881908d93a54578e7b1b0 ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:26 p.m.