Triple

T11926308
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John André E283790 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object John
John is the given name of John André, the British Army officer and spymaster during the American Revolutionary War who was executed for his role in Benedict Arnold’s treason.
 E955408 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: John | Statement: [John André, givenName, John]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

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: John
Context triple: [John André, givenName, John]
  • A. John
    John is the given name of John J. Pershing, the famed American general who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of John W. Mauchly, the American physicist and co-inventor of the ENIAC computer.
  • C. John
    John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
  • D. John
    John is the given first name of the 19th-century English theologian and social reformer Frederick Denison Maurice.
  • E. John
    John is the given name of John Eales, the renowned former Australian rugby union captain and World Cup winner.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John
Target entity description: John is the given name of John André, the British Army officer and spymaster during the American Revolutionary War who was executed for his role in Benedict Arnold’s treason.
  • A. John
    John is the given name of Sir John Byron, an English nobleman and Royalist commander during the English Civil War.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of John Eager Howard, an American Revolutionary War officer and early political leader from Maryland.
  • C. John
    John is the given name of Sir John Moore, the renowned British Army general noted for his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars.
  • D. John
    John is the given name of John Henry Kagi, an American abolitionist who served as a key lieutenant to John Brown during the raid on Harpers Ferry.
  • E. John
    John is the given name of John F. Reynolds, a Union Army general who served during the American Civil War.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: John
Triple: [John André, givenName, John]
Generated description
John is the given name of John André, the British Army officer and spymaster during the American Revolutionary War who was executed for his role in Benedict Arnold’s treason.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6ab2ce9c48190b5d39511b524f666 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d8e8e3ff308190851ce656286bc67e ner completed
NED1 batch_69f44033c288819099587af3f895eac5 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f44b9e662881908549e041f6a05e38 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f448fb898081908a8ffd0da703c0f9 nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.