Triple
T6350316
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Rail Engineering Limited |
E142851
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Adtranz |
E129611
|
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: Adtranz | Statement: [British Rail Engineering Limited, successor, Adtranz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adtranz Context triple: [British Rail Engineering Limited, successor, Adtranz]
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A.
ADtranz
chosen
ADtranz was a major European rail engineering company known for designing and manufacturing locomotives, multiple units, and other railway rolling stock before its acquisition by Bombardier.
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B.
Siemens Transportation Systems
Siemens Transportation Systems is a division of Siemens AG that designs and manufactures rail vehicles and related transportation infrastructure and technologies.
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C.
Hitachi Rail
Hitachi Rail is a global rail transport and engineering company that designs, manufactures, and maintains trains and railway systems for urban, intercity, and high-speed networks.
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D.
ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation
ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation was a major European rail engineering and rolling stock manufacturer formed as a joint venture between ABB and Daimler-Benz in the 1990s.
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E.
Alcatel Alsthom
Alcatel Alsthom was a major French industrial conglomerate active in telecommunications, power generation, and transport infrastructure before being restructured and rebranded as Alcatel.
- 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_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_69c6044fcd288190abdc5746e2904928 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:31 p.m.