Triple
T5501728
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rail Express Systems |
E144343
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedRollingStock |
P5426
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Rail Class 47 |
E138810
|
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: British Rail Class 47 | Statement: [Rail Express Systems, usedRollingStock, British Rail Class 47]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail Class 47 Context triple: [Rail Express Systems, usedRollingStock, British Rail Class 47]
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A.
British Rail Class 47
chosen
The British Rail Class 47 is a widely used diesel-electric locomotive class introduced in the 1960s, notable for its extensive service across the UK rail network with both passenger and freight trains.
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B.
British Rail Class 40
The British Rail Class 40 is a class of heavy diesel-electric locomotives built in the late 1950s and early 1960s for express passenger and freight services on British Railways, now preserved and operated on heritage lines.
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C.
British Rail Class 37
The British Rail Class 37 is a class of diesel-electric locomotives introduced in the early 1960s, renowned for their distinctive growling engine sound and long service life across the UK rail network.
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D.
British Rail Class 171
The British Rail Class 171 is a diesel multiple unit train used primarily by Southern in the UK, closely related to the Class 170 but equipped with different coupling systems for compatibility with other Southern stock.
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E.
British Rail Class 373
The British Rail Class 373 is a high-speed electric multiple unit train designed for cross-Channel services through the Channel Tunnel, primarily operated by Eurostar between the UK and mainland Europe.
- 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_69c008f5a2748190bce7a39aabf87a6d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c01f0a512c81908f077378917e5879 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c027a10fa08190853d45354fd9b044 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:32 p.m.