Triple

T14627796
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maxine Tarnow E343397 entity
Predicate createdBy P806 FINISHED
Object Thomas Pynchon E10498 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: Thomas Pynchon | Statement: [Maxine Tarnow, createdBy, Thomas Pynchon]

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: Thomas Pynchon
Context triple: [Maxine Tarnow, createdBy, Thomas Pynchon]
  • A. Thomas Pynchon chosen
    Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
  • B. Don DeLillo
    Don DeLillo is a critically acclaimed American novelist known for his postmodern works that explore themes of consumerism, technology, and the anxieties of contemporary life, including novels such as "White Noise" and "Underworld."
  • C. William Gaddis
    William Gaddis was an American postmodern novelist known for his dense, allusive, and formally experimental works such as "The Recognitions" and "JR."
  • D. Donald Barthelme
    Donald Barthelme was an American postmodern short story writer and novelist known for his experimental, fragmentary style and darkly comic, metafictional narratives.
  • E. E. L. Doctorow
    E. L. Doctorow was an acclaimed American novelist known for his innovative works of historical fiction, including "Ragtime" and "Billy Bathgate."
  • 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_69d822dffc3c8190aa173b90761bffda elicitation completed
NER batch_69deb4a7c8fc81909d10c1f563d7d1e7 ner completed
NED1 batch_69fda92c25ac8190ba931c009e7ace19 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:26 a.m.