Triple

T971028
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Manchester–Preston line E20944 entity
Predicate servesStation P839 FINISHED
Object Preston railway station
Preston railway station is a major rail hub in Lancashire, England, providing regional and long-distance services across the North West and beyond.
E115036 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: Preston railway station | Statement: [Manchester–Preston line, servesStation, Preston railway station]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Preston railway station
Context triple: [Manchester–Preston line, servesStation, Preston railway station]
  • A. Moston railway station
    Moston railway station is a suburban rail stop in Greater Manchester, England, serving the local communities with regional train services.
  • B. Sunderland station
    Sunderland station is a railway and Tyne and Wear Metro interchange in Sunderland city centre, providing regional and local rail services in North East England.
  • C. Newcastle railway station
    Newcastle railway station is a major historic rail hub in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, providing regional and long-distance train services across the UK.
  • D. Crewe railway station
    Crewe railway station is a major railway junction in Cheshire, England, serving as a key hub on the West Coast Main Line and an important interchange for services across the UK rail network.
  • E. Liverpool Road railway station
    Liverpool Road railway station was one of the world’s earliest purpose-built passenger railway stations, located in Manchester and historically part of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
  • 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: Preston railway station
Triple: [Manchester–Preston line, servesStation, Preston railway station]
Generated description
Preston railway station is a major rail hub in Lancashire, England, providing regional and long-distance services across the North West and beyond.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Preston railway station
Target entity description: Preston railway station is a major rail hub in Lancashire, England, providing regional and long-distance services across the North West and beyond.
  • A. Moston railway station
    Moston railway station is a suburban rail stop in Greater Manchester, England, serving the local communities with regional train services.
  • B. Sunderland station
    Sunderland station is a railway and Tyne and Wear Metro interchange in Sunderland city centre, providing regional and local rail services in North East England.
  • C. Newcastle railway station
    Newcastle railway station is a major historic rail hub in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, providing regional and long-distance train services across the UK.
  • D. Preston
    Preston is a historic industrial city in Lancashire, England, known for its role in the Industrial Revolution and its status as a major urban center in the North West.
  • E. Crewe railway station
    Crewe railway station is a major railway junction in Cheshire, England, serving as a key hub on the West Coast Main Line and an important interchange for services across the UK rail network.
  • 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_69a493b33d2c81909c52c369d3ca8436 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b44aa6088190a90c44a8f694ec41 completed March 1, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac1707339081909c69c7c613eed383 completed March 7, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac1841a6188190bca3ab98eb169d47 completed March 7, 2026, 12:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac18afee148190ac7431327588c31b completed March 7, 2026, 12:23 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.