Triple

T12042473
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander von Middendorff E286695 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Imperial Academy of Sciences E54785 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: Imperial Academy of Sciences | Statement: [Alexander von Middendorff, employer, Imperial Academy of Sciences]

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: Imperial Academy of Sciences
Context triple: [Alexander von Middendorff, employer, Imperial Academy of Sciences]
  • A. Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg chosen
    The Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg was the leading scientific institution of the Russian Empire, renowned in the 18th and 19th centuries as a major European center for research and scholarship.
  • B. Russian Academy of Sciences
    The Russian Academy of Sciences is Russia’s leading state scientific institution, encompassing a wide network of research institutes across disciplines such as physics, earth sciences, and mathematics.
  • C. Soviet Academy of Sciences
    The Soviet Academy of Sciences was the USSR’s highest scientific institution, overseeing and coordinating research across disciplines and playing a central role in major projects such as early space exploration.
  • D. Prussian Academy of Sciences
    The Prussian Academy of Sciences was a prestigious Berlin-based learned society and research institution that became one of Europe’s leading centers for scientific and philosophical scholarship in the 18th to early 20th centuries.
  • E. Imperial Physical-Technical Institute
    The Imperial Physical-Technical Institute was the German national metrology and standards laboratory, renowned for its pioneering research in precision measurement and fundamental physics.
  • 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_69d6ab4780948190bdb9f7620c2ac27e elicitation completed
NER batch_69d9040d13108190bd1a969fa62aae5a ner completed
NED1 batch_69f60a613054819082f7900a6ba8fbf8 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.