Triple

T10478183
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Great Asian Railway Journeys E247099 entity
Predicate narrator P2181 FINISHED
Object Michael Portillo E49641 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Michael Portillo | Statement: [Great Asian Railway Journeys, narrator, Michael Portillo]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Portillo
Context triple: [Great Asian Railway Journeys, narrator, Michael Portillo]
  • A. Michael Portillo chosen
    Michael Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician known for his cabinet roles in the 1990s and his popular railway travel television series.
  • B. Ian Blackford
    Ian Blackford is a Scottish National Party politician who served as the party’s Westminster leader and represents the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency in the UK Parliament.
  • C. Graham Baldwin
    Graham Baldwin is a British academic and university leader who serves as the vice-chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire.
  • D. Kevin Bartlett
    Kevin Bartlett is a legendary Australian rules footballer and coach best known for his prolific goal-kicking and long career with the Richmond Football Club in the VFL/AFL.
  • E. Bob Hepple
    Bob Hepple was a South African-born lawyer, anti-apartheid activist, and later a prominent legal scholar in the United Kingdom who played a key role in the struggle against apartheid.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d381c16c248190a2fe5b471e584e9c elicitation completed
NER batch_69d509596a088190895199648ccf91a4 ner completed
NED1 batch_69de54d83e44819097abf6714bd48680 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:21 p.m.