Triple
T746050
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
E15342
|
entity |
| Predicate | chiefMechanicalEngineer |
P616
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Stanier
William Stanier was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing many of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway’s most successful steam locomotives in the 1930s.
|
E105041
|
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: William Stanier | Statement: [London, Midland and Scottish Railway, chiefMechanicalEngineer, William Stanier]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stanier Context triple: [London, Midland and Scottish Railway, chiefMechanicalEngineer, William Stanier]
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A.
Bill Curbishley
Bill Curbishley is a British music and film producer and band manager best known for his long-time work with rock bands like The Who and Judas Priest.
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B.
James Black
James Black was a Scottish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the first beta-blocker and the H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine, revolutionizing cardiovascular and ulcer treatment.
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C.
Oliver Leese
Oliver Leese was a British Army general of the Second World War, best known for his senior field commands in the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe campaigns.
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D.
Stanley Goble
Stanley Goble was an Australian naval aviator and senior officer who became a pioneering figure in military aviation and later served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force.
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E.
Wilfred Jackson
Wilfred Jackson was an American animator and film director best known for his pioneering work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated features and shorts.
- 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: William Stanier Triple: [London, Midland and Scottish Railway, chiefMechanicalEngineer, William Stanier]
Generated description
William Stanier was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing many of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway’s most successful steam locomotives in the 1930s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stanier Target entity description: William Stanier was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing many of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway’s most successful steam locomotives in the 1930s.
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A.
Bill Curbishley
Bill Curbishley is a British music and film producer and band manager best known for his long-time work with rock bands like The Who and Judas Priest.
-
B.
James Black
James Black was a Scottish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the first beta-blocker and the H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine, revolutionizing cardiovascular and ulcer treatment.
-
C.
Oliver Leese
Oliver Leese was a British Army general of the Second World War, best known for his senior field commands in the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe campaigns.
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D.
Stanley Goble
Stanley Goble was an Australian naval aviator and senior officer who became a pioneering figure in military aviation and later served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force.
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E.
Wilfred Jackson
Wilfred Jackson was an American animator and film director best known for his pioneering work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated features and shorts.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: chiefMechanicalEngineer Context triple: [London, Midland and Scottish Railway, chiefMechanicalEngineer, William Stanier]
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A.
chiefEngineer
chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as the primary or lead engineer responsible for overseeing engineering activities for another entity.
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B.
engine
Indicates a relationship where something functions as, contains, or is driven by an engine as its source of mechanical power or propulsion.
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C.
mechanicalCompatibility
Indicates that two entities can function together properly from a mechanical standpoint, without interference, damage, or performance issues.
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D.
principalArchitect
Indicates that one entity serves as the lead or primary architect responsible for the design or architectural direction of another entity.
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E.
crewVariantName
Indicates the specific name or label assigned to a particular variant or version of a crew configuration.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a7c00751dc8190ad1ac6885341f799 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7c0716e708190b907502b17b671f8 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7c0d166ac819089b683e7cee92043 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:19 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4a4ff10608190bfd60b4a1cb38f7d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.