Triple

T15455019
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries E371747 entity
Predicate commandedBy P1407 FINISHED
Object Menon of Thessaly E372846 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: Menon of Thessaly | Statement: [Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries, commandedBy, Menon of Thessaly]

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: Menon of Thessaly
Context triple: [Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries, commandedBy, Menon of Thessaly]
  • A. Menon of Thessaly chosen
    Menon of Thessaly was a 5th-century BC Thessalian general and mercenary leader best known as one of the Greek commanders in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II, later chronicled in Xenophon's Anabasis.
  • B. Polemon of Athens
    Polemon of Athens was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Platonic tradition who led the Academy in the early 3rd century BCE and emphasized practical ethics and living in accordance with nature.
  • C. Conon of Athens
    Conon of Athens was a prominent Athenian admiral and statesman of the late 5th and early 4th centuries BC, known especially for rebuilding Athens’ naval power after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
  • D. Proxenus of Boeotia
    Proxenus of Boeotia was a Greek general and mercenary leader who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II, as recounted by Xenophon in the Anabasis.
  • E. Menoetius
    Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
  • 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_69d85cc8bd308190886949510b42e764 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e03f131b1481909ff099c3b844ee07 ner completed
NED1 batch_69ff5f29cee481908f0f81c4cc581f7f ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.