Triple
T21804566
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | InterCity sector of British Rail |
E538316
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Virgin Trains |
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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: Virgin Trains | Statement: [InterCity sector of British Rail, successor, Virgin Trains]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgin Trains Context triple: [InterCity sector of British Rail, successor, Virgin Trains]
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A.
Virgin Trains
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
Virgin Trains East Coast
Virgin Trains East Coast was a former UK train operating company that ran long-distance intercity passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London and major cities in northern England and Scotland.
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D.
Thames Trains
Thames Trains was a former British train operating company that provided regional and commuter rail services in the Thames Valley area of England in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
Great Western Trains
Great Western Trains was a British train operating company that ran passenger rail services in western England and South Wales before being rebranded as First Great Western.
- 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_69e0c4733f4081909a86622e7e6d15d2 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f07801fa8081909098d00947bf8f7f |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:04 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:53 p.m.