Triple

T14717599
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont E345722 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Postmaster General of Great Britain E35629 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: Postmaster General of Great Britain | Statement: [John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, positionHeld, Postmaster General of Great Britain]

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: Postmaster General of Great Britain
Context triple: [John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, positionHeld, Postmaster General of Great Britain]
  • A. Postmaster General of Great Britain chosen
    The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.
  • B. Paymaster General of the United Kingdom
    The Paymaster General of the United Kingdom is a senior government ministerial post traditionally responsible for overseeing government payments and often combined with other Cabinet or Treasury responsibilities.
  • C. Postmaster General of the United States
    The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
  • D. Colonial Secretary
    The Colonial Secretary was a senior government official in British colonies responsible for overseeing colonial administration and acting as a key liaison between the colony and the imperial government.
  • E. Dominions Secretary
    The Dominions Secretary was a senior British government minister responsible for managing relations with the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
  • 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_69d822e5911c8190ba589f957dbd9ba7 elicitation completed
NER batch_69deb98688f48190b2b19ce7aa06a6db ner completed
NED1 batch_69fdf0935f088190b54f2e106532972a ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m.