Triple

T11333940
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Claire Lydon E268419 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Clifford Irving E44110 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: Clifford Irving | Statement: [Claire Lydon, spouse, Clifford Irving]

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: Clifford Irving
Context triple: [Claire Lydon, spouse, Clifford Irving]
  • A. Clifford Irving chosen
    Clifford Irving was an American author best known for his infamous 1970s literary hoax involving a fabricated autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes.
  • B. Robert Graysmith
    Robert Graysmith is an American true-crime author and former San Francisco Chronicle cartoonist best known for his investigative books on the Zodiac Killer case.
  • C. Don Brodie
    Don Brodie was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
  • D. Claus Wigand
    Claus Wigand is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Wigand.
  • E. Vincent Bugliosi
    Vincent Bugliosi was an American prosecutor and true-crime author best known for successfully prosecuting Charles Manson and writing the book "Helter Skelter."
  • 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_69d6aacb1f0881908c84a349fd1be047 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d7e9fe5d5881908d786b212a554d8b ner completed
NED1 batch_69e5263cce588190a91f91cbdf023d5e ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.