Triple
T6350294
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Rail Engineering Limited |
E142851
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives (later production and overhauls)
The later-production and overhauled British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives are a fleet of Bo-Bo freight locomotives modernized and refined by British Rail Engineering Limited for improved reliability and extended mainline service in the UK.
|
E589326
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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 20 diesel-electric locomotives (later production and overhauls) | Statement: [British Rail Engineering Limited, notableWork, British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives (later production and overhauls)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives (later production and overhauls) Context triple: [British Rail Engineering Limited, notableWork, British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives (later production and overhauls)]
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A.
British Rail Class 08 diesel-electric shunters (later production and overhauls)
The British Rail Class 08 diesel-electric shunters (later production and overhauls) are a long-serving fleet of heavy-duty yard shunting locomotives that became the standard workhorses for British Rail’s freight and shunting operations.
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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 47
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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D.
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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E.
British Rail Class 86
The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives introduced in the 1960s for high-speed passenger and freight services on the West Coast Main Line and other electrified routes in the UK.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives (later production and overhauls) Triple: [British Rail Engineering Limited, notableWork, British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives (later production and overhauls)]
Generated description
The later-production and overhauled British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives are a fleet of Bo-Bo freight locomotives modernized and refined by British Rail Engineering Limited for improved reliability and extended mainline service in the UK.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives (later production and overhauls) Target entity description: The later-production and overhauled British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotives are a fleet of Bo-Bo freight locomotives modernized and refined by British Rail Engineering Limited for improved reliability and extended mainline service in the UK.
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A.
British Rail Class 08 diesel-electric shunters (later production and overhauls)
The British Rail Class 08 diesel-electric shunters (later production and overhauls) are a long-serving fleet of heavy-duty yard shunting locomotives that became the standard workhorses for British Rail’s freight and shunting operations.
-
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.
-
C.
British Rail Class 47
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.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
British Rail Class 86
The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives introduced in the 1960s for high-speed passenger and freight services on the West Coast Main Line and other electrified routes in the UK.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69c008d6dcbc8190aa1c2f1fd8916b42 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c067bcec2c8190bb383605847b0f0b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c62d52cbd881908ac36eca108f3194 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c631ef5df8819094e0faf89cbe6971 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6327c63308190be17cb1bf07259ce |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:31 p.m.