Triple
T3917123
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | LMS 8F |
E88867
|
entity |
| Predicate | category |
P87
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British Rail steam locomotives
British Rail steam locomotives were the steam-powered engines operated on Britain’s nationalized railway system in the mid-20th century, spanning a wide range of classes used for passenger and freight services before diesel and electric traction took over.
|
E400055
|
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 steam locomotives | Statement: [LMS 8F, category, British Rail steam locomotives]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail steam locomotives Context triple: [LMS 8F, category, British Rail steam locomotives]
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A.
BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives
BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives are mid-20th-century British Railways mixed-traffic steam engines designed for versatility and efficiency on both passenger and freight services.
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B.
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" locomotives
The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" locomotives are a highly successful and versatile class of British mixed-traffic steam engines designed by William Stanier for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1930s.
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C.
British Rail
British Rail was the state-owned company that operated most of the railway services in Great Britain from the late 1940s until the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.
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D.
LNER Class V2
The LNER Class V2 was a class of powerful 2-6-2 steam locomotives designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for mixed-traffic duties on the London and North Eastern Railway in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Genesis locomotives
Genesis locomotives are a series of streamlined diesel-electric passenger locomotives built by GE for North American intercity and commuter rail 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: British Rail steam locomotives Triple: [LMS 8F, category, British Rail steam locomotives]
Generated description
British Rail steam locomotives were the steam-powered engines operated on Britain’s nationalized railway system in the mid-20th century, spanning a wide range of classes used for passenger and freight services before diesel and electric traction took over.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail steam locomotives Target entity description: British Rail steam locomotives were the steam-powered engines operated on Britain’s nationalized railway system in the mid-20th century, spanning a wide range of classes used for passenger and freight services before diesel and electric traction took over.
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A.
BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives
BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives are mid-20th-century British Railways mixed-traffic steam engines designed for versatility and efficiency on both passenger and freight services.
-
B.
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" locomotives
The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" locomotives are a highly successful and versatile class of British mixed-traffic steam engines designed by William Stanier for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1930s.
-
C.
Lion steam locomotive
The Lion steam locomotive is a preserved early 19th-century British steam engine famed for its role in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and as one of the oldest surviving working locomotives.
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D.
British Rail
British Rail was the state-owned company that operated most of the railway services in Great Britain from the late 1940s until the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.
-
E.
LNER Class V2
The LNER Class V2 was a class of powerful 2-6-2 steam locomotives designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for mixed-traffic duties on the London and North Eastern Railway in the mid-20th century.
- 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_69aed955229881909e85e73ffab1d343 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeed5797508190adaddb84575d9bb3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b52864e0488190ab348a52cb9168b9 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b52c3423988190aae6514041dc8ab3 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b52ca9443481909e43a8bbe208c807 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:22 p.m.