Triple

T13023332
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buchanan County, Iowa E326231 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object James Buchanan E16575 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 Buchanan | Statement: [Buchanan County, Iowa, namedAfter, James Buchanan]

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 Buchanan
Context triple: [Buchanan County, Iowa, namedAfter, James Buchanan]
  • A. James Buchanan chosen
    James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, whose ineffective leadership in the years just before the Civil War is widely criticized by historians.
  • B. James McGill Buchanan Jr.
    James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist and Nobel laureate best known for developing public choice theory, which applies economic principles to political decision-making.
  • C. James Knox Taylor
    James Knox Taylor was an American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury, overseeing the design of numerous prominent federal buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. James G. Polk
    James G. Polk was an American journalist and Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter known for his work uncovering political corruption.
  • E. James K. Polk
    James K. Polk was the 11th president of the United States, known for his expansionist policies that led to significant territorial gains including much of the present-day American Southwest.
  • 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_69d8076cc45c81908123123f43e69266 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d97ed05e9c8190a4f208662bca0602 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f73053a1888190a234e8c119a4202a ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:52 p.m.