Triple
T5502245
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard Beeching |
E144354
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes |
E530539
|
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: The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes | Statement: [Richard Beeching, notableWork, The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes Context triple: [Richard Beeching, notableWork, The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes]
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A.
The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes
chosen
The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes was a British transport policy report that outlined a future core network of main railway lines, heavily influencing later restructuring decisions such as the Beeching cuts.
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B.
Railroads: Their Origin and Problems
Railroads: Their Origin and Problems is a historical and analytical study by Charles Francis Adams Jr. examining the development, economic impact, and regulatory challenges of the American railroad system.
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C.
Railroads and American Economic Growth
"Railroads and American Economic Growth" is a landmark economic history study by Robert Fogel that uses quantitative methods to reassess the impact of railroads on 19th-century U.S. economic development.
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D.
Report on Transportation by Railroads
"Report on Transportation by Railroads" is an early 20th-century investigative study by the U.S. Bureau of Corporations analyzing railroad practices, rates, and their economic impact on interstate commerce.
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E.
Reports on the relation of transportation to industrial concentration
"Reports on the relation of transportation to industrial concentration" is an early 20th-century investigative study analyzing how transportation systems influenced the growth and concentration of industry in the United States.
- 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_69c04ca8b17c8190a902917076367743 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:32 p.m.