Triple

T11904018
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earls of Douglas E283227 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas E151924 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: James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas | Statement: [Earls of Douglas, hasMember, James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas]

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: James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas
Context triple: [Earls of Douglas, hasMember, James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas]
  • A. James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas chosen
    James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble whose rebellion against King James II led to the downfall and forfeiture of the once-dominant Black Douglas family.
  • B. James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.
  • C. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader, prominent in the Wars of Scottish Independence and a key figure of the influential Black Douglas family.
  • D. William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas
    William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the Black Douglas family whose growing influence brought him into fatal conflict with King James II of Scotland.
  • E. William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
    William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose influence and conflicts with the crown played a major role in late medieval Scottish politics.
  • 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_69d6ab2c07e88190ba13b0d21fd6cf33 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d8dd1792648190853f15fbf217eebd ner completed
NED1 batch_69f6af3b91288190ab2df6103bfa5a91 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:44 p.m.