Triple
T4671407
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Railway (UK) |
E102970
|
entity |
| Predicate | formed by |
P972
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Railways Act 1921 |
E88863
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Railways Act 1921 | Statement: [Southern Railway (UK), formed by, Railways Act 1921]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Railways Act 1921 Context triple: [Southern Railway (UK), formed by, Railways Act 1921]
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A.
Railways Act 1921
chosen
The Railways Act 1921 was a UK law that reorganized and consolidated most of the country's railway companies into four large regional groups, fundamentally reshaping the British railway system.
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B.
Railways Act 1993
The Railways Act 1993 is a UK law that broke up and privatised the state-owned British Rail, creating a new structure of private train operators and separate infrastructure management.
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C.
Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970
The Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 is the U.S. federal law that created Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) to preserve and manage intercity passenger rail service.
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D.
Transport Act 1947
The Transport Act 1947 was a major piece of post-war British legislation that nationalised the country’s railways, long-distance road haulage, and other key transport services, creating the British Transport Commission.
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E.
Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: formed by Context triple: [Southern Railway (UK), formed by, Railways Act 1921]
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A.
formedBy
chosen
Indicates that something comes into existence or is created as a result of a specific agent, process, or combination of components.
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B.
influencedFormationOf
Indicates that one entity played a significant role in shaping, initiating, or contributing to the development or establishment of another entity.
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C.
formedTo
Indicates that one entity was created, established, or organized for the purpose of serving, supporting, or enabling another entity or activity.
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D.
formed
Indicates that one entity came into existence, shape, or organization as a result of the actions or processes involving another entity.
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E.
onFormation
Indicates that one entity is located on or attached to the surface of a formation (such as a geological or structural feature).
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69bd43d9cba4819086c1ab1c2d9d2133 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd655aceb081908100ffc0498fe183 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be039538048190b4075daf47355cee |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:33 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69bd6215864c8190b50ba0f63ba87d0c |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.