Triple
T954937
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Swiss Federal Railways |
E20604
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Schweizerische Nordwestbahn
Schweizerische Nordwestbahn was a former Swiss railway company that operated in northwestern Switzerland before being absorbed into the national rail system.
|
E118899
|
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: Schweizerische Nordwestbahn | Statement: [Swiss Federal Railways, precededBy, Schweizerische Nordwestbahn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schweizerische Nordwestbahn Context triple: [Swiss Federal Railways, precededBy, Schweizerische Nordwestbahn]
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A.
Schweizerische Nordostbahn
Schweizerische Nordostbahn was a major 19th-century Swiss private railway company that operated in northeastern Switzerland before being nationalized into the Swiss Federal Railways.
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B.
Schweizerische Centralbahn
Schweizerische Centralbahn was a 19th-century Swiss railway company that operated key lines in northern and central Switzerland before being absorbed into the national railway system.
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C.
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways is Switzerland’s national railway company, responsible for operating the majority of the country’s passenger and freight rail services and managing much of its rail infrastructure.
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D.
Bern–Biel/Bienne railway line
The Bern–Biel/Bienne railway line is a major Swiss standard-gauge route connecting the capital city of Bern with the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, serving as an important corridor for both regional and intercity passenger traffic.
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E.
Bern–Thun railway line
The Bern–Thun railway line is a key Swiss rail route connecting the capital city of Bern with the town of Thun, serving as an important corridor for both regional and long-distance passenger services.
- 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: Schweizerische Nordwestbahn Triple: [Swiss Federal Railways, precededBy, Schweizerische Nordwestbahn]
Generated description
Schweizerische Nordwestbahn was a former Swiss railway company that operated in northwestern Switzerland before being absorbed into the national rail system.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schweizerische Nordwestbahn Target entity description: Schweizerische Nordwestbahn was a former Swiss railway company that operated in northwestern Switzerland before being absorbed into the national rail system.
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A.
Schweizerische Nordostbahn
Schweizerische Nordostbahn was a major 19th-century Swiss private railway company that operated in northeastern Switzerland before being nationalized into the Swiss Federal Railways.
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B.
Schweizerische Centralbahn
Schweizerische Centralbahn was a 19th-century Swiss railway company that operated key lines in northern and central Switzerland before being absorbed into the national railway system.
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C.
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways is Switzerland’s national railway company, responsible for operating the majority of the country’s passenger and freight rail services and managing much of its rail infrastructure.
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D.
Bern–Fribourg railway line
The Bern–Fribourg railway line is a key Swiss standard-gauge rail route connecting the cities of Bern and Fribourg, forming part of an important national and international transit corridor.
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E.
Bern–Biel/Bienne railway line
The Bern–Biel/Bienne railway line is a major Swiss standard-gauge route connecting the capital city of Bern with the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, serving as an important corridor for both regional and intercity passenger traffic.
- 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_69a493b21f2881908132dcf45dcd2f36 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b3f7a7608190b8a8dd2486654bec |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac2a11e4148190bb18849c52c2ed9a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac366e1a488190a30cd2806615c334 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac38dd63008190b9bccd53be4583de |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:40 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.