Triple

T14550381
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Seward House Museum E341398 entity
Predicate occupant P75 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: [Seward House Museum, occupant, 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: [Seward House Museum, occupant, 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_69d822db9c8481908213ceb39585f792 elicitation completed
NER batch_69deb2ed2b4c8190945bd26531c71f1f ner completed
NED1 batch_69fd7a64ac0c8190bfaa4f3dbc42dd1e ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:23 a.m.