Triple

T21657146
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Rail Class 86 E534495 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object British Rail Class 87
The British Rail Class 87 is a high-powered electric locomotive built in the early 1970s for express passenger services on the West Coast Main Line in the UK.
E1523842 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 Rail Class 87 | Statement: [British Rail Class 86, successor, British Rail Class 87]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail Class 87
Context triple: [British Rail Class 86, successor, British Rail Class 87]
  • A. British Rail Class 86
    The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives introduced in the 1960s for high-speed passenger and freight services on the West Coast Main Line and other electrified routes in the UK.
  • B. British Rail Class 67
    The British Rail Class 67 is a high-speed diesel-electric locomotive built by Alstom in the late 1990s for passenger and mail services on the UK rail network.
  • C. British Rail Class 378
    The British Rail Class 378 is a type of electric multiple unit train designed for high-capacity, metro-style commuter services on London Overground routes.
  • D. British Rail Class 66
    The British Rail Class 66 is a widely used diesel-electric freight locomotive type in the UK and parts of Europe, known for its reliability and dominance in modern rail freight operations.
  • E. British Rail Class 373
    The British Rail Class 373 is a high-speed electric multiple unit train designed for cross-Channel services through the Channel Tunnel, primarily operated by Eurostar between the UK and mainland Europe.
  • 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 Rail Class 87
Triple: [British Rail Class 86, successor, British Rail Class 87]
Generated description
The British Rail Class 87 is a high-powered electric locomotive built in the early 1970s for express passenger services on the West Coast Main Line in the UK.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Rail Class 87
Target entity description: The British Rail Class 87 is a high-powered electric locomotive built in the early 1970s for express passenger services on the West Coast Main Line in the UK.
  • A. British Rail Class 86
    The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives introduced in the 1960s for high-speed passenger and freight services on the West Coast Main Line and other electrified routes in the UK.
  • B. British Rail Class 67
    The British Rail Class 67 is a high-speed diesel-electric locomotive built by Alstom in the late 1990s for passenger and mail services on the UK rail network.
  • C. British Rail Class 378
    The British Rail Class 378 is a type of electric multiple unit train designed for high-capacity, metro-style commuter services on London Overground routes.
  • D. British Rail Class 66
    The British Rail Class 66 is a widely used diesel-electric freight locomotive type in the UK and parts of Europe, known for its reliability and dominance in modern rail freight operations.
  • E. British Rail Class 373
    The British Rail Class 373 is a high-speed electric multiple unit train designed for cross-Channel services through the Channel Tunnel, primarily operated by Eurostar between the UK and mainland Europe.
  • 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_69e0c467e1f48190af2650b19175abc4 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef5919c9c88190a2ddcf2cefee79a5 completed April 27, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0aa5f8a99c8190a7eb33a6d2ff7ec8 completed May 18, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0aa682b4988190a51af8601decc072 completed May 18, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0aa6e38d008190bf66e326e8c9e81d completed May 18, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:36 p.m.