Triple

T9492747
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MML E228929 entity
Predicate formerOperator P179 FINISHED
Object East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains was a British train operating company that ran inter-city and regional passenger rail services in the East Midlands and surrounding regions until it was replaced by East Midlands Railway.
E21789 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: East Midlands Trains | Statement: [MML, formerOperator, East Midlands Trains]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East Midlands Trains
Context triple: [MML, formerOperator, East Midlands Trains]
  • A. Northern Trains
    Northern Trains is a British train operating company that runs local and regional passenger rail services across Northern England.
  • B. North West Trains
    North West Trains was a British train operating company that ran regional and commuter rail services in North West England following rail privatization in the mid-1990s.
  • C. Northern Rail
    Northern Rail is a British train operating company providing regional and commuter rail services across Northern England.
  • D. TransPennine Express
    TransPennine Express is a British train operating company providing intercity and regional rail services across northern England and into Scotland.
  • E. East Midlands Railway
    East Midlands Railway is a British train operating company providing regional and intercity passenger rail services across the East Midlands and surrounding areas.
  • 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: East Midlands Trains
Triple: [MML, formerOperator, East Midlands Trains]
Generated description
East Midlands Trains was a British train operating company that ran inter-city and regional passenger rail services in the East Midlands and surrounding regions until it was replaced by East Midlands Railway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East Midlands Trains
Target entity description: East Midlands Trains was a British train operating company that ran inter-city and regional passenger rail services in the East Midlands and surrounding regions until it was replaced by East Midlands Railway.
  • A. Northern Trains
    Northern Trains is a British train operating company that runs local and regional passenger rail services across Northern England.
  • B. North West Trains
    North West Trains was a British train operating company that ran regional and commuter rail services in North West England following rail privatization in the mid-1990s.
  • C. Northern Rail
    Northern Rail is a British train operating company providing regional and commuter rail services across Northern England.
  • D. TransPennine Express
    TransPennine Express is a British train operating company providing intercity and regional rail services across northern England and into Scotland.
  • E. East Midlands Railway chosen
    East Midlands Railway is a British train operating company providing regional and intercity passenger rail services across the East Midlands and surrounding areas.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca847424f081908180305555139f7a completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd80ca26bc819084add20027aea4a5 completed April 1, 2026, 8:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d12d27c0808190baf5ae04a1b915bb completed April 4, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d12da44d7c8190afb11ae3009a79e5 completed April 4, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d12e1459348190aed583b2364a53dd completed April 4, 2026, 3:28 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:56 p.m.