Triple
T958816
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Manchester–Liverpool line |
E20686
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalPredecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Liverpool and Manchester Railway |
E67558
|
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: Liverpool and Manchester Railway | Statement: [Manchester–Liverpool line, historicalPredecessor, Liverpool and Manchester Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liverpool and Manchester Railway Context triple: [Manchester–Liverpool line, historicalPredecessor, Liverpool and Manchester Railway]
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A.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
chosen
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was one of the world’s first inter-city passenger railways to rely exclusively on steam power, pioneering modern railway transport in early 19th-century England.
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B.
Manchester and Birmingham Railway
The Manchester and Birmingham Railway was an early 19th-century British railway company that operated a key main line in northwest England before becoming part of the London and North Western Railway.
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C.
Stockton and Darlington Railway
The Stockton and Darlington Railway was the world’s first public railway to use steam locomotives for regular passenger and freight services, marking a key milestone in the development of modern rail transport.
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D.
Manchester–Preston line
The Manchester–Preston line is a key railway route in North West England linking Manchester with Preston and serving major intermediate stations such as Manchester Oxford Road.
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E.
Manchester–Crewe line
The Manchester–Crewe line is a key railway route in North West England linking Manchester with Crewe and serving major intermediate stops including Manchester Airport.
- 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_69a493b21f2881908132dcf45dcd2f36 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b3fc94ec8190b55c6cdf3a37d6b5 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac11a212f08190ae2aad947226d09c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.