Triple

T2310139
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject East Lancashire Railway E51934 entity
Predicate hasNotableDieselClass P4856 FINISHED
Object British Rail Class 40
The British Rail Class 40 is a class of heavy diesel-electric locomotives built in the late 1950s and early 1960s for express passenger and freight services on British Railways, now preserved and operated on heritage lines.
E257319 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: British Rail Class 40 | Statement: [East Lancashire Railway, hasNotableDieselClass, British Rail Class 40]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail Class 40
Context triple: [East Lancashire Railway, hasNotableDieselClass, British Rail Class 40]
  • A. British Rail Class 47
    The British Rail Class 47 is a widely used diesel-electric locomotive class introduced in the 1960s, notable for its extensive service across the UK rail network with both passenger and freight trains.
  • B. British Rail Class 37
    The British Rail Class 37 is a class of diesel-electric locomotives introduced in the early 1960s, renowned for their distinctive growling engine sound and long service life across the UK rail network.
  • C. British Rail Class 171
    The British Rail Class 171 is a diesel multiple unit train used primarily by Southern in the UK, closely related to the Class 170 but equipped with different coupling systems for compatibility with other Southern stock.
  • D. British Rail Class 373
    The British Rail Class 373 is a high-speed electric multiple unit train designed for cross-Channel services through the Channel Tunnel, primarily operated by Eurostar between the UK and mainland Europe.
  • E. British Rail Class 172
    The British Rail Class 172 is a diesel multiple-unit train used on regional and suburban services in the UK, featuring improved performance, reliability, and passenger comfort over earlier Turbostar units.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: British Rail Class 40
Triple: [East Lancashire Railway, hasNotableDieselClass, British Rail Class 40]
Generated description
The British Rail Class 40 is a class of heavy diesel-electric locomotives built in the late 1950s and early 1960s for express passenger and freight services on British Railways, now preserved and operated on heritage lines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail Class 40
Target entity description: The British Rail Class 40 is a class of heavy diesel-electric locomotives built in the late 1950s and early 1960s for express passenger and freight services on British Railways, now preserved and operated on heritage lines.
  • A. British Rail Class 47
    The British Rail Class 47 is a widely used diesel-electric locomotive class introduced in the 1960s, notable for its extensive service across the UK rail network with both passenger and freight trains.
  • B. British Rail Class 37
    The British Rail Class 37 is a class of diesel-electric locomotives introduced in the early 1960s, renowned for their distinctive growling engine sound and long service life across the UK rail network.
  • C. British Rail Class 171
    The British Rail Class 171 is a diesel multiple unit train used primarily by Southern in the UK, closely related to the Class 170 but equipped with different coupling systems for compatibility with other Southern stock.
  • D. British Rail Class 373
    The British Rail Class 373 is a high-speed electric multiple unit train designed for cross-Channel services through the Channel Tunnel, primarily operated by Eurostar between the UK and mainland Europe.
  • E. British Rail Class 172
    The British Rail Class 172 is a diesel multiple-unit train used on regional and suburban services in the UK, featuring improved performance, reliability, and passenger comfort over earlier Turbostar units.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a88b0bb30c81908ded03b006d29387 completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd0d6b0e48190aee9131ca182e52f completed March 7, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae960dfb708190868126460d27b144 completed March 9, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae96ea1b6c81908e05ca78c5e07320 completed March 9, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae97a775008190bdda2f63810cd5e8 completed March 9, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.