Triple
T21638152
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas and the Magic Railroad |
E534014
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Railway Series |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: The Railway Series | Statement: [Thomas and the Magic Railroad, basedOn, The Railway Series]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Railway Series Context triple: [Thomas and the Magic Railroad, basedOn, The Railway Series]
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A.
The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry
chosen
The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry is a classic collection of British children's books about anthropomorphic railway engines and their adventures on the fictional Island of Sodor.
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B.
Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic steam locomotive from British children's books and television, known for his adventures on the Island of Sodor.
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C.
Gordon the Big Engine
Gordon the Big Engine is a powerful blue express locomotive and one of the main characters in Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series of children’s books.
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D.
Edward the Blue Engine
Edward the Blue Engine is a kind, wise, and hardworking blue steam locomotive from The Railway Series, known as one of the oldest and most reliable engines on the Island of Sodor.
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E.
"The Little Blue Engine"
"The Little Blue Engine" is a whimsical, imaginative poem by Shel Silverstein featured in his poetry collection *A Light in the Attic*.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0c465ae7481908577b7209fdb2a77 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef538eef0481908f5bf0e27f8e054d |
completed | April 27, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:35 p.m.