Triple
T971030
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Manchester–Preston line |
E20944
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOfNetwork |
P840
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British railway network
The British railway network is the nationwide system of interconnected passenger and freight rail lines, stations, and services that spans the United Kingdom.
|
E116960
|
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: British railway network | Statement: [Manchester–Preston line, partOfNetwork, British railway network]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British railway network Context triple: [Manchester–Preston line, partOfNetwork, British railway network]
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A.
Manchester rail network
The Manchester rail network is the interconnected system of railway lines, stations, and services that serves the city of Manchester and its surrounding region as a major transport hub in northern England.
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B.
Scottish rail network
The Scottish rail network is the system of passenger and freight railway lines and services that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout Scotland and link them with the wider UK rail infrastructure.
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C.
British Rail
British Rail was the state-owned company that operated most of the railway services in Great Britain from the late 1940s until the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.
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D.
Network Rail
Network Rail is the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain, responsible for tracks, signals, major stations, and related assets.
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E.
National Rail
National Rail is the collective name for the passenger rail services and network in Great Britain, encompassing most regional and intercity train operations outside of urban metro systems.
- 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: British railway network Triple: [Manchester–Preston line, partOfNetwork, British railway network]
Generated description
The British railway network is the nationwide system of interconnected passenger and freight rail lines, stations, and services that spans the United Kingdom.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British railway network Target entity description: The British railway network is the nationwide system of interconnected passenger and freight rail lines, stations, and services that spans the United Kingdom.
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A.
Manchester rail network
The Manchester rail network is the interconnected system of railway lines, stations, and services that serves the city of Manchester and its surrounding region as a major transport hub in northern England.
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B.
Scottish rail network
The Scottish rail network is the system of passenger and freight railway lines and services that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout Scotland and link them with the wider UK rail infrastructure.
-
C.
British Rail
British Rail was the state-owned company that operated most of the railway services in Great Britain from the late 1940s until the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.
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D.
Network Rail
Network Rail is the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain, responsible for tracks, signals, major stations, and related assets.
-
E.
National Rail
National Rail is the collective name for the passenger rail services and network in Great Britain, encompassing most regional and intercity train operations outside of urban metro systems.
- 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_69ac2586fd7c8190ba77b327bad4bb69 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac265d40848190a86d56c132ec2a03 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:21 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac26f947d481908ab1b7115cf9dee7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 1:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.