Triple
T3989738
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West Coast Main Line |
E86957
|
entity |
| Predicate | connectsEconomicCentre |
P2564
|
FINISHED |
| Object | West Midlands conurbation |
E15155
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: West Midlands conurbation | Statement: [West Coast Main Line, connectsEconomicCentre, West Midlands conurbation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Midlands conurbation Context triple: [West Coast Main Line, connectsEconomicCentre, West Midlands conurbation]
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A.
West Midlands
chosen
West Midlands is a metropolitan county and region in central England that includes major cities such as Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton and serves as a key industrial and cultural hub.
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B.
Northwest Midlands of England
The Northwest Midlands of England is a historical region whose distinctive Middle English dialect is famously preserved in the works of the anonymous "Gawain Poet," including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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C.
Midlands, England
Midlands, England is a central region of England known for its mix of industrial cities and rural landscapes, historically significant in the country’s manufacturing and literary heritage.
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D.
Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham
The Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham was a former local government district in England that encompassed the rapidly industrializing city of Birmingham and its surrounding areas before later administrative reorganization.
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E.
Sheffield City Region
Sheffield City Region is an English metropolitan area and economic region centered on the city of Sheffield, encompassing surrounding towns and districts for coordinated governance and development.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed93fd9d4819085d3b2137d2346cb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefa01bf3c8190a6fb3bba65186ae6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5403235408190b47b8d4f4e21d094 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:33 p.m.