Triple

T12476155
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Anti-Masonic Party E298180 entity
Predicate prominentMember P304 FINISHED
Object William H. Seward E32724 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: William H. Seward | Statement: [Anti-Masonic Party, prominentMember, William H. Seward]

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: William H. Seward
Context triple: [Anti-Masonic Party, prominentMember, William H. Seward]
  • A. William H. Seward chosen
    William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
  • B. William Henry Seward Jr.
    William Henry Seward Jr. was an American banker and Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War, known also as the son of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
  • C. Frederick William Seward
    Frederick William Seward was an American politician and diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State during his father William H. Seward’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of State, notably surviving an assassination attempt the night of Abraham Lincoln’s murder.
  • D. Samuel S. Seward
    Samuel S. Seward was an American physician, landowner, and politician best known as the father of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
  • E. Albert Charles Seward
    Albert Charles Seward was a British botanist and geologist known for his pioneering work in paleobotany and the study of fossil plants.
  • 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_69d6ada377208190a36011199a4d8558 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d94dcb194c81908b5e0320ddfd463c ner completed
NED1 batch_69f63f25462881908dccb831b474875d ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.