Triple

T3025948
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Colombo–Matara railway line E82574 entity
Predicate terminus P388 FINISHED
Object Matara railway station
Matara railway station is a major railway terminus in southern Sri Lanka serving the city of Matara and connecting it to Colombo and other parts of the country.
E321692 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: Matara railway station | Statement: [Colombo–Matara railway line, terminus, Matara railway station]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matara railway station
Context triple: [Colombo–Matara railway line, terminus, Matara railway station]
  • A. Thivim railway station
    Thivim railway station is a key rail hub in North Goa, India, serving as a primary access point for popular coastal areas including Calangute and other nearby beaches.
  • B. Colombo Fort railway station
    Colombo Fort railway station is the main railway hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka, serving as a central junction for both suburban and long-distance train services across the country.
  • C. Bala station
    Bala station is a regional rail stop in the Bala Cynwyd neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served by SEPTA's Cynwyd Line.
  • D. Sibi Railway Station
    Sibi Railway Station is a key railway junction in Balochistan, Pakistan, serving as an important stop on major national rail routes.
  • E. Pinto railway station
    Pinto railway station is a local commuter rail stop in the town of Pinto, within the Community of Madrid, Spain, serving regional and suburban train services.
  • 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: Matara railway station
Triple: [Colombo–Matara railway line, terminus, Matara railway station]
Generated description
Matara railway station is a major railway terminus in southern Sri Lanka serving the city of Matara and connecting it to Colombo and other parts of the country.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matara railway station
Target entity description: Matara railway station is a major railway terminus in southern Sri Lanka serving the city of Matara and connecting it to Colombo and other parts of the country.
  • A. Thivim railway station
    Thivim railway station is a key rail hub in North Goa, India, serving as a primary access point for popular coastal areas including Calangute and other nearby beaches.
  • B. Colombo Fort railway station
    Colombo Fort railway station is the main railway hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka, serving as a central junction for both suburban and long-distance train services across the country.
  • C. Bala station
    Bala station is a regional rail stop in the Bala Cynwyd neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served by SEPTA's Cynwyd Line.
  • D. Sibi Railway Station
    Sibi Railway Station is a key railway junction in Balochistan, Pakistan, serving as an important stop on major national rail routes.
  • E. Pinto railway station
    Pinto railway station is a local commuter rail stop in the town of Pinto, within the Community of Madrid, Spain, serving regional and suburban train services.
  • 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_69ad8b1fb34081908c1b873e2b7273e1 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9abc78b48190a5283e7407a78fe7 completed March 8, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1deb6dc8c8190a5714894b9ca24a1 completed March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1df85a39c8190ada558de530e3772 completed March 11, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1e3e6aeb48190914d62616ea0c7e1 completed March 11, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.