Triple

T11939228
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Al Joad E284129 entity
Predicate createdBy P806 FINISHED
Object John Steinbeck E16129 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 Steinbeck | Statement: [Al Joad, createdBy, John Steinbeck]

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: John Steinbeck
Context triple: [Al Joad, createdBy, John Steinbeck]
  • A. John Steinbeck chosen
    John Steinbeck was a prominent 20th-century American novelist best known for his socially conscious works such as "The Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men," and "East of Eden."
  • B. Thom Steinbeck
    Thom Steinbeck was an American writer and the son of Nobel Prize–winning author John Steinbeck, known for his own novels and screenwriting work.
  • C. Ernest Hemingway
    Ernest Hemingway was a 20th-century American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist renowned for his terse prose style and classics such as "The Old Man and the Sea," "A Farewell to Arms," and "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
  • D. A. B. Guthrie Jr.
    A. B. Guthrie Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning Western novel "The Way West" and his contributions to the literature of the American frontier.
  • E. Sherwood Anderson
    Sherwood Anderson was an American modernist writer best known for his influential short story cycle "Winesburg, Ohio," which deeply explored small-town life and psychological realism.
  • 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_69d6ab2ce9c48190b5d39511b524f666 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d903415d2481909d84e6727454b9fe ner completed
NED1 batch_69f458b9a35c8190875cb5ac7c9bcfba ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.