Triple

T12301104
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lillian Smith Book Award E293221 entity
Predicate notableWinner P2766 FINISHED
Object Michelle Alexander E261572 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: Michelle Alexander | Statement: [Lillian Smith Book Award, notableWinner, Michelle Alexander]

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: Michelle Alexander
Context triple: [Lillian Smith Book Award, notableWinner, Michelle Alexander]
  • A. Michelle Alexander chosen
    Michelle Alexander is an American civil rights lawyer, legal scholar, and author best known for her influential book "The New Jim Crow," which critiques mass incarceration and racial injustice in the United States.
  • B. Ibram X. Kendi
    Ibram X. Kendi is an American historian, scholar of race and antiracism, and bestselling author of works such as "How to Be an Antiracist."
  • C. Cornel West
    Cornel West is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, and public intellectual known for his work on race, democracy, and justice.
  • D. Tressie McMillan Cottom
    Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American sociologist, writer, and public intellectual known for her work on race, inequality, and higher education.
  • E. Michael Bonvillain
    Michael Bonvillain is an American cinematographer known for his work on films and television series, including genre projects like From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter.
  • 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_69d6ab6a2b50819082f6aedd32ed608a elicitation completed
NER batch_69d93edb59908190bcef9d0cdc11081f ner completed
NED1 batch_69f61e7d757881908ac6af2b70a6dafe ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.