Triple

T11523248
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Davidson County, North Carolina E273219 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Lee Davidson E222434 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: William Lee Davidson | Statement: [Davidson County, North Carolina, namedAfter, William Lee Davidson]

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: William Lee Davidson
Context triple: [Davidson County, North Carolina, namedAfter, William Lee Davidson]
  • A. William Lee Davidson chosen
    William Lee Davidson was an American Revolutionary War officer from North Carolina who was killed in battle in 1781 and later honored as the namesake of Davidson County.
  • B. Andrew Davidson
    Andrew Davidson is a British illustrator and artist known for his detailed wood-engraving style used in book covers and classic literary editions.
  • C. S. Kenneth Davidson
    S. Kenneth Davidson was a businessman best known for owning the Oakland Oaks professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association.
  • D. Paul Davidson
    Paul Davidson is an American economist and leading figure in Post-Keynesian economics, known for his influential work on uncertainty, financial markets, and macroeconomic policy.
  • E. Paul Davidson
    Paul Davidson is a Jamaican reggae singer best known for his 1970s cover of the Allman Brothers Band song "Midnight Rider."
  • 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_69d6aae3fbec8190a14632a5df2538b6 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d87fd26648819083de19bcddf8ad69 ner completed
NED1 batch_69e6e7c75578819090a664aaa44cf933 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m.