Triple

T15872253
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tapping Reeve House and Law School E384857 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object John C. Calhoun E50039 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: John C. Calhoun | Statement: [Tapping Reeve House and Law School, notableStudent, John C. Calhoun]

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: John C. Calhoun
Context triple: [Tapping Reeve House and Law School, notableStudent, John C. Calhoun]
  • A. John C. Calhoun chosen
    John C. Calhoun was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, known for his strong advocacy of states’ rights, slavery, and nullification, and for serving as U.S. vice president and in several key federal offices.
  • B. Robert Y. Hayne
    Robert Y. Hayne was an American politician and senator from South Carolina known for his strong advocacy of states’ rights and his prominent role in the debates over federal authority in the early 19th century.
  • C. Thomas Crittenden
    Thomas Crittenden was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Missouri and later as U.S. Attorney General.
  • D. Henry Clay
    Henry Clay was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and orator known as the “Great Compromiser” for brokering major legislative agreements that sought to balance sectional interests and preserve the Union.
  • E. Thomas L. Crittenden
    Thomas L. Crittenden was a Union major general in the American Civil War who led the Army of the Cumberland’s Left Wing in several key Western Theater campaigns.
  • 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_69d86da4e86481909f1325fdc971b5ec elicitation completed
NER batch_69e155fa1aac81908e4b86abedf295ca ner completed
NED1 batch_69ffa94ca15c8190bdd5fe0a30b54b51 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.