Triple
T8745395
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wigan North Western railway station |
E207812
|
entity |
| Predicate | originalCompany |
P5599
|
FINISHED |
| Object | North Union Railway |
E694579
|
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: North Union Railway | Statement: [Wigan North Western railway station, originalCompany, North Union Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Union Railway Context triple: [Wigan North Western railway station, originalCompany, North Union Railway]
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A.
North Union Railway
chosen
The North Union Railway was an early 19th-century British railway company that operated lines in northwest England and later became part of the London and North Western Railway.
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B.
Alloway and Quinton Railroad
The Alloway and Quinton Railroad was a small regional rail line in southern New Jersey that later became part of the larger West Jersey and Seashore Railroad system.
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C.
South Side Railroad
South Side Railroad was a key 19th-century rail line in Virginia that linked the strategic transportation hub of Petersburg with Richmond and other points west, playing an important role in regional commerce and Civil War logistics.
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D.
Great Western Main Line
The Great Western Main Line is a major intercity railway route in England that connects London with key cities in the west, including Bristol and South Wales.
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E.
Cumberland Valley Railroad
The Cumberland Valley Railroad was a historic American railroad that operated primarily in south-central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, playing a key role in regional transportation during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69ca835bb2bc819084bb5906cb6ef7f8 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5d745e0081909cab216593d5c01b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf43090d388190b6256623805a6348 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:33 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:38 p.m.