Triple
T8137533
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Road Services |
E190008
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
National Freight Corporation
National Freight Corporation was a major British state-owned road haulage and logistics company that played a central role in the UK’s freight transport industry in the mid-20th century.
|
E714279
|
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: National Freight Corporation | Statement: [British Road Services, successor, National Freight Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Freight Corporation Context triple: [British Road Services, successor, National Freight Corporation]
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A.
Old Dominion Freight Line
Old Dominion Freight Line is a major American less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carrier known for its nationwide freight transportation and logistics services.
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B.
Federal Passenger Company
Federal Passenger Company is a major Russian rail operator responsible for long-distance passenger train services across Russia and neighboring countries.
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C.
BG Freight Line
BG Freight Line is a short-sea container shipping and logistics company operating services across Northern Europe and the UK and Ireland.
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D.
Transrail Freight
Transrail Freight was a British rail freight company that emerged from the privatization and restructuring of the former state-owned freight operations.
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E.
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Consolidated Rail Corporation, commonly known as Conrail, was a major U.S. freight railroad created in the 1970s to take over and revitalize the operations of several bankrupt Northeastern railroads.
- 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: National Freight Corporation Triple: [British Road Services, successor, National Freight Corporation]
Generated description
National Freight Corporation was a major British state-owned road haulage and logistics company that played a central role in the UK’s freight transport industry in the mid-20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Freight Corporation Target entity description: National Freight Corporation was a major British state-owned road haulage and logistics company that played a central role in the UK’s freight transport industry in the mid-20th century.
-
A.
Old Dominion Freight Line
Old Dominion Freight Line is a major American less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carrier known for its nationwide freight transportation and logistics services.
-
B.
Federal Passenger Company
Federal Passenger Company is a major Russian rail operator responsible for long-distance passenger train services across Russia and neighboring countries.
-
C.
BG Freight Line
BG Freight Line is a short-sea container shipping and logistics company operating services across Northern Europe and the UK and Ireland.
-
D.
Transrail Freight
Transrail Freight was a British rail freight company that emerged from the privatization and restructuring of the former state-owned freight operations.
-
E.
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Consolidated Rail Corporation, commonly known as Conrail, was a major U.S. freight railroad created in the 1970s to take over and revitalize the operations of several bankrupt Northeastern railroads.
- 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_69ca82bd9900819099477cdc2eb4244f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4402b35c81909363ffa9ce952ca4 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc949d9c7c81908efb4880f9250166 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc9605b8248190a621ea934c58913d |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc970cf55c8190abf432ac68d6bbc3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:35 p.m.