Triple
T21804567
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | InterCity sector of British Rail |
E538316
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Great Western 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: Great Western Trains | Statement: [InterCity sector of British Rail, successor, Great Western Trains]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Western Trains Context triple: [InterCity sector of British Rail, successor, Great Western Trains]
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A.
Great Western Trains
chosen
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.
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B.
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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C.
South Eastern Trains
South Eastern Trains was a British train operating company that ran commuter and regional passenger services in southeast England in the early 2000s.
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D.
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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E.
North West Trains
North West Trains was a British train operating company that ran regional and commuter rail services in North West England following rail privatization in the mid-1990s.
- 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.