Triple
T3277021
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stockton and Darlington Railway |
E68780
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entity |
| Predicate | legislativeBasis |
P125
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821
The Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821 was a British parliamentary act that authorized the construction and operation of the pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway, one of the world’s first public railways to use steam locomotives.
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E68780
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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: Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821 | Statement: [Stockton and Darlington Railway, legislativeBasis, Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821 Context triple: [Stockton and Darlington Railway, legislativeBasis, Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821]
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A.
Stockton and Darlington Railway
The Stockton and Darlington Railway was the world’s first public railway to use steam locomotives for regular passenger and freight services, marking a key milestone in the development of modern rail transport.
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B.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was one of the world’s first inter-city passenger railways to rely exclusively on steam power, pioneering modern railway transport in early 19th-century England.
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C.
Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket is an early 19th-century steam locomotive famous for winning the 1829 Rainhill Trials and proving the viability of railway transport.
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D.
Derby railway works
Derby railway works is a historic British railway engineering and manufacturing complex in Derby that played a major role in the development and maintenance of locomotives and rolling stock.
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E.
Granite Railway
The Granite Railway was one of the first commercial railroads in the United States, built in Quincy, Massachusetts, to transport granite from local quarries to nearby waterways.
- 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: Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821 Triple: [Stockton and Darlington Railway, legislativeBasis, Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821]
Generated description
The Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821 was a British parliamentary act that authorized the construction and operation of the pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway, one of the world’s first public railways to use steam locomotives.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821 Target entity description: The Stockton and Darlington Railway Act 1821 was a British parliamentary act that authorized the construction and operation of the pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway, one of the world’s first public railways to use steam locomotives.
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A.
Stockton and Darlington Railway
chosen
The Stockton and Darlington Railway was the world’s first public railway to use steam locomotives for regular passenger and freight services, marking a key milestone in the development of modern rail transport.
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B.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was one of the world’s first inter-city passenger railways to rely exclusively on steam power, pioneering modern railway transport in early 19th-century England.
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C.
Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket is an early 19th-century steam locomotive famous for winning the 1829 Rainhill Trials and proving the viability of railway transport.
-
D.
Derby railway works
Derby railway works is a historic British railway engineering and manufacturing complex in Derby that played a major role in the development and maintenance of locomotives and rolling stock.
-
E.
Granite Railway
The Granite Railway was one of the first commercial railroads in the United States, built in Quincy, Massachusetts, to transport granite from local quarries to nearby waterways.
- F. None of above.
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_69ad859b54f881909bf530d549caf2fd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb0128f08819084644f3c8fda2596 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2e84a3c2c8190908152fc042fcad1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b2e939460481909743b49e274b693e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2ecfd3c20819089bc0b2141aee8eb |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.