Triple

T2868498
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Central Japan Railway Company E63498 entity
Predicate railBrand P39149 FINISHED
Object Shinkansen
Shinkansen is Japan’s high-speed bullet train network, renowned for its punctuality, safety, and advanced rail technology.
E309780 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: Shinkansen | Statement: [Central Japan Railway Company, railBrand, Shinkansen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shinkansen
Context triple: [Central Japan Railway Company, railBrand, Shinkansen]
  • A. Sanyo Shinkansen
    Sanyo Shinkansen is a high-speed railway line in Japan that connects Osaka with western Honshu cities such as Hiroshima and Fukuoka as part of the Shinkansen network.
  • B. Tokaido Shinkansen
    The Tokaido Shinkansen is Japan’s pioneering high-speed rail line connecting Tokyo with Osaka and other major cities, renowned for its speed, punctuality, and heavy passenger usage.
  • C. Akita Shinkansen
    The Akita Shinkansen is a Japanese high-speed "mini-shinkansen" rail line connecting Akita Prefecture with the Tōhoku Shinkansen network, providing fast intercity service to and from Tokyo.
  • D. JR West Shinkansen
    JR West Shinkansen is the high-speed bullet train service operated by West Japan Railway Company, connecting major cities across western Japan.
  • E. Yamagata Shinkansen
    The Yamagata Shinkansen is a Japanese high-speed "mini-shinkansen" rail line connecting Tokyo with Yamagata Prefecture by upgrading conventional tracks for Shinkansen through-service.
  • 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: Shinkansen
Triple: [Central Japan Railway Company, railBrand, Shinkansen]
Generated description
Shinkansen is Japan’s high-speed bullet train network, renowned for its punctuality, safety, and advanced rail technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shinkansen
Target entity description: Shinkansen is Japan’s high-speed bullet train network, renowned for its punctuality, safety, and advanced rail technology.
  • A. Sanyo Shinkansen
    Sanyo Shinkansen is a high-speed railway line in Japan that connects Osaka with western Honshu cities such as Hiroshima and Fukuoka as part of the Shinkansen network.
  • B. Tokaido Shinkansen
    The Tokaido Shinkansen is Japan’s pioneering high-speed rail line connecting Tokyo with Osaka and other major cities, renowned for its speed, punctuality, and heavy passenger usage.
  • C. Akita Shinkansen
    The Akita Shinkansen is a Japanese high-speed "mini-shinkansen" rail line connecting Akita Prefecture with the Tōhoku Shinkansen network, providing fast intercity service to and from Tokyo.
  • D. JR West Shinkansen
    JR West Shinkansen is the high-speed bullet train service operated by West Japan Railway Company, connecting major cities across western Japan.
  • E. Yamagata Shinkansen
    The Yamagata Shinkansen is a Japanese high-speed "mini-shinkansen" rail line connecting Tokyo with Yamagata Prefecture by upgrading conventional tracks for Shinkansen through-service.
  • 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_69ab4c42fb8c8190b36e161d47c03b81 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdfdfef1881909dc52a1b34cd24e3 completed March 7, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b055e6a7988190b37381667ec26fef completed March 10, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0645d77dc819086a2b88aa7221211 completed March 10, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b064e9d39c8190874d974755244072 completed March 10, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.