Triple

T12352298
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror E294521 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Michael V. Hayden E61209 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: Michael V. Hayden | Statement: [Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror, author, Michael V. Hayden]

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: Michael V. Hayden
Context triple: [Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror, author, Michael V. Hayden]
  • A. Michael V. Hayden chosen
    Michael V. Hayden is a retired four-star U.S. Air Force general who served as director of both the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
  • B. Vernon A. Walters
    Vernon A. Walters was an American Army lieutenant general, diplomat, and intelligence officer who served in key Cold War roles, including Deputy Director of the CIA and later U.S. ambassador to several countries.
  • C. William H. Webster
    William H. Webster is an American judge and public official who uniquely served as both Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Director of Central Intelligence.
  • D. R. James Woolsey Jr.
    R. James Woolsey Jr. is an American lawyer, diplomat, and national security expert who served as Director of Central Intelligence under President Bill Clinton in the early 1990s.
  • E. James R. Clapper
    James R. Clapper is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general who served as Director of National Intelligence from 2010 to 2017 and held several senior intelligence leadership roles across the U.S. government.
  • 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_69d6ab6ccbec8190b09e2d357aa80064 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d93f8aa33c8190b22b7dff9559b8ed ner completed
NED1 batch_69f62ab066108190bba8eca95d3e0a81 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.