Triple
T5355160
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Railways Western Region |
E102671
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | InterCity sector of British Rail |
E125826
|
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: InterCity sector of British Rail | Statement: [British Railways Western Region, successor, InterCity sector of British Rail]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: InterCity sector of British Rail Context triple: [British Railways Western Region, successor, InterCity sector of British Rail]
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A.
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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B.
Southern Region of British Railways
The Southern Region of British Railways was one of the post-nationalisation operating regions in the south of England, known for its dense commuter network and extensive electrified lines serving London and the surrounding areas.
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C.
British Rail Eastern Region
British Rail Eastern Region was a major operating division of British Railways responsible for rail services across eastern England, inheriting much of the former London and North Eastern Railway network.
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D.
InterCity CrossCountry
chosen
InterCity CrossCountry was a former British Rail sector that operated long-distance cross-country passenger train services across the United Kingdom before privatisation.
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E.
British Railways London Midland Region
British Railways London Midland Region was the post-nationalisation division of British Railways responsible for former London, Midland and Scottish Railway routes, including the operation of locomotives such as the LMS Black Five.
- 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_69bd43d8f7248190b64c140734b5c9a8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd862dbb008190aef653acddafd38b |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf21df856c819099cf9047b87d6db8 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.