Triple

T12483973
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Agee (text) E298383 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object James Agee E298382 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: James Agee | Statement: [James Agee (text), author, James Agee]

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: James Agee
Context triple: [James Agee (text), author, James Agee]
  • A. James Agee chosen
    James Agee was an American writer, film critic, and screenwriter best known for his lyrical prose, influential criticism, and posthumously awarded Pulitzer Prize for his novel "A Death in the Family."
  • B. Reeves McCullers
    Reeves McCullers was the husband of American novelist Carson McCullers and a key figure in her tumultuous personal life.
  • C. Thomas Wolfe
    Thomas Wolfe was a major early 20th-century American novelist best known for his sprawling, autobiographical works such as "Look Homeward, Angel."
  • D. Walter Van Tilburg Clark
    Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
  • E. Donald Windham
    Donald Windham was an American novelist and memoirist known for his close association with writers like Tennessee Williams and for whose legacy the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize was established.
  • 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_69d94ddf0b6c8190aff4fe267d8f6efe ner completed
NED1 batch_69f67188f6b481909885e35dce5a5b69 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.