Triple

T13104183
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Taft School E310801 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Horace Dutton Taft E194490 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: Horace Dutton Taft | Statement: [Taft School, foundedBy, Horace Dutton Taft]

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: Horace Dutton Taft
Context triple: [Taft School, foundedBy, Horace Dutton Taft]
  • A. Horace Dwight Taft chosen
    Horace Dwight Taft was an American educator best known as the founder and long-time headmaster of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut.
  • B. Henry W. Taft
    Henry W. Taft was an American antitrust lawyer and public servant, known as the brother of U.S. President William Howard Taft and a prominent figure in early 20th-century legal and civic affairs.
  • C. William Howard Taft III
    William Howard Taft III was an American diplomat and academic who notably served as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland in the mid-20th century.
  • D. President William Howard Taft
    President William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, known for his trust-busting policies, later service as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and significant administrative reforms.
  • E. Richard Folsom Cleveland
    Richard Folsom Cleveland was the son of U.S. President Grover Cleveland who became an American lawyer and educator.
  • 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_69d806a872d08190a329806f8ff30df4 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d98153255c8190b6ab64ac0c4716f8 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f76b98a7c48190a2ca0ec7b9bd8d19 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:05 p.m.