Triple

T18173796
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Macclesfield railway station E435099 entity
Predicate locatedOnRoute P6309 FINISHED
Object Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester
Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester is a key railway route in North West England linking the city of Stoke-on-Trent with Manchester and serving several intermediate towns.
E1309265 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: Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester | Statement: [Macclesfield railway station, locatedOnRoute, Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester
Context triple: [Macclesfield railway station, locatedOnRoute, Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester]
  • A. Birmingham – Manchester
    Birmingham–Manchester is a key intercity rail route in England linking the West Midlands city of Birmingham with the northern city of Manchester via intermediate stations such as Stafford.
  • B. Stoke-on-Trent
    Stoke-on-Trent is a city in Staffordshire, England, historically renowned as the heart of the British pottery industry.
  • C. London–Manchester
    London–Manchester is a major intercity travel corridor in England connecting the capital city of London with the northern city of Manchester.
  • D. Manchester–Preston
    Manchester–Preston is a key railway corridor in North West England linking the city of Manchester with Preston and serving as part of the region’s intercity and commuter network.
  • E. Bradford, Manchester
    Bradford, Manchester is an inner-city district of east Manchester, England, known for its industrial heritage and proximity to major sports and regeneration sites such as the Etihad Stadium and surrounding developments.
  • 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: Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester
Triple: [Macclesfield railway station, locatedOnRoute, Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester]
Generated description
Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester is a key railway route in North West England linking the city of Stoke-on-Trent with Manchester and serving several intermediate towns.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester
Target entity description: Stoke-on-Trent – Manchester is a key railway route in North West England linking the city of Stoke-on-Trent with Manchester and serving several intermediate towns.
  • A. Birmingham – Manchester
    Birmingham–Manchester is a key intercity rail route in England linking the West Midlands city of Birmingham with the northern city of Manchester via intermediate stations such as Stafford.
  • B. Stoke-on-Trent
    Stoke-on-Trent is a city in Staffordshire, England, historically renowned as the heart of the British pottery industry.
  • C. London–Manchester
    London–Manchester is a major intercity travel corridor in England connecting the capital city of London with the northern city of Manchester.
  • D. Manchester–Preston
    Manchester–Preston is a key railway corridor in North West England linking the city of Manchester with Preston and serving as part of the region’s intercity and commuter network.
  • E. Bradford, Manchester
    Bradford, Manchester is an inner-city district of east Manchester, England, known for its industrial heritage and proximity to major sports and regeneration sites such as the Etihad Stadium and surrounding developments.
  • 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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4df583a8081908c07d3534091c2ae completed April 19, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a038fca35cc8190b230089c0687d5b8 completed May 12, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0390732c688190954ed96e31d453f1 completed May 12, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03915f5af08190b4b0881993ade9e7 completed May 12, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.