Triple
T746014
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
E15342
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedByMergerOf |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway
The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that operated a key route linking Glasgow with the port town of Greenock before being absorbed into larger railway groupings.
|
E99702
|
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: Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway | Statement: [London, Midland and Scottish Railway, formedByMergerOf, Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Context triple: [London, Midland and Scottish Railway, formedByMergerOf, Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 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.
Glasgow and South Western Railway
The Glasgow and South Western Railway was a major pre-grouping Scottish railway company that operated routes in southwest Scotland and connected Glasgow with Ayrshire, Dumfries, and England.
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C.
Highland Railway
The Highland Railway was a former Scottish railway company that operated routes through the Scottish Highlands before being absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 Grouping.
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D.
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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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: Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Triple: [London, Midland and Scottish Railway, formedByMergerOf, Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway]
Generated description
The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that operated a key route linking Glasgow with the port town of Greenock before being absorbed into larger railway groupings.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Target entity description: The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that operated a key route linking Glasgow with the port town of Greenock before being absorbed into larger railway groupings.
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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.
Glasgow and South Western Railway
The Glasgow and South Western Railway was a major pre-grouping Scottish railway company that operated routes in southwest Scotland and connected Glasgow with Ayrshire, Dumfries, and England.
-
C.
Highland Railway
The Highland Railway was a former Scottish railway company that operated routes through the Scottish Highlands before being absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 Grouping.
-
D.
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.
-
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
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_69a49358aa308190adbc9b5a0a2adcf9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a62ca1d081908e3191411f86498d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a79282d4d481908a2cb0f95a93220e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7946b93088190adca99b9db74ca68 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a794ea4fd0819099032d14f90dbca5 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.