Triple

T12009233
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Abraham Woodhull E285862 entity
Predicate cooperatedWith P435 FINISHED
Object Robert Townsend E960475 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: Robert Townsend | Statement: [Abraham Woodhull, cooperatedWith, Robert Townsend]

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: Robert Townsend
Context triple: [Abraham Woodhull, cooperatedWith, Robert Townsend]
  • A. Robert Townsend
    Robert Townsend is an American actor, director, and filmmaker known for his influential work in African-American cinema, including films like "Hollywood Shuffle" and "The Five Heartbeats."
  • B. Robert Townsend chosen
    Robert Townsend was an American merchant and spy who served as a key undercover operative in George Washington’s Culper Ring during the American Revolutionary War.
  • C. Michael Leigh
    Michael Leigh is a renowned English film and theatre director and screenwriter known for his improvisational working methods and critically acclaimed social-realist dramas.
  • D. Jack Livingston
    Jack Livingston was an American silent film actor active in the early 20th century.
  • E. Jim Seymour
    Jim Seymour was an American football wide receiver best known for his standout college career at Notre Dame and subsequent professional play in the early 1970s.
  • 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_69d6ab45a368819084fce08bf0dc3705 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d903d61a4c81909e6cb6500b61df94 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f49d32b0608190b261567fbd4f415e ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.