Triple
T676219
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kirkcaldy railway station |
E13082
|
entity |
| Predicate | originallyOpenedBy |
P17948
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edinburgh and Northern Railway
The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that developed key lines in eastern Scotland, later becoming part of the North British Railway network.
|
E37977
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Edinburgh and Northern Railway | Statement: [Kirkcaldy railway station, originallyOpenedBy, Edinburgh and Northern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edinburgh and Northern Railway Context triple: [Kirkcaldy railway station, originallyOpenedBy, Edinburgh and Northern Railway]
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A.
Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across Scotland and into England during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
North British Railway
North British Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across central and eastern Scotland before becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.
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C.
Midland Railway
Midland Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century British railway company that operated extensive routes across central and northern England and played a key role in the development of the UK rail network.
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D.
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway was a major American transcontinental railroad that operated in the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest.
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E.
Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line
The Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line is a major intercity rail route linking Scotland’s two largest cities and serving as one of the country’s busiest and most important transport corridors.
- 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: Edinburgh and Northern Railway Triple: [Kirkcaldy railway station, originallyOpenedBy, Edinburgh and Northern Railway]
Generated description
The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that developed key lines in eastern Scotland, later becoming part of the North British Railway network.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edinburgh and Northern Railway Target entity description: The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that developed key lines in eastern Scotland, later becoming part of the North British Railway network.
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A.
Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across Scotland and into England during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
North British Railway
chosen
North British Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century Scottish railway company that operated extensive routes across central and eastern Scotland before becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.
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C.
Midland Railway
Midland Railway was a major 19th- and early 20th-century British railway company that operated extensive routes across central and northern England and played a key role in the development of the UK rail network.
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D.
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway was a major American transcontinental railroad that operated in the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest.
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E.
Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line
The Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line is a major intercity rail route linking Scotland’s two largest cities and serving as one of the country’s busiest and most important transport corridors.
- F. None of above.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: originallyOpenedBy Context triple: [Kirkcaldy railway station, originallyOpenedBy, Edinburgh and Northern Railway]
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A.
initiatedBy
Indicates that an action, event, or process was started or set in motion by a particular entity.
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B.
firstRaisedBy
Indicates that one entity was the earliest or original source to bring up, introduce, or initiate the referenced issue, idea, or topic in relation to another entity.
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C.
createdBy
Indicates that something was brought into existence, produced, or authored through the actions or efforts of a specific agent or entity.
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D.
officeCreatedBy
Indicates that an office was established or created by a particular agent (such as a person, organization, or authority).
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E.
draftedBy
Indicates that something (such as a document, plan, or version) was created or written in its initial form by a particular agent or author.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69a4933d3bf88190972041cd8cf143b9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a04b2ae881908a5c23453bef8572 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5c3a1b6588190b0c9215afb3a9200 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5c7ff50088190827743f3f42622ce |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5cd1dd7848190a987276500040a4f |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:47 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a49d1bbd0c81909cfbec30bd17bde7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69a49ebf33c481909949526cb8f223dd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.