Triple

T15948714
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Cape Teulada E386756 entity
Predicate BritishCommander P15644 FINISHED
Object Vice Admiral James Somerville E313949 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: Vice Admiral James Somerville | Statement: [Battle of Cape Teulada, BritishCommander, Vice Admiral James Somerville]

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: Vice Admiral James Somerville
Context triple: [Battle of Cape Teulada, BritishCommander, Vice Admiral James Somerville]
  • A. Admiral James Somerville chosen
    Admiral James Somerville was a senior Royal Navy officer of World War II, noted for his leadership of major naval forces in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean.
  • B. Admiral Sir John Tovey
    Admiral Sir John Tovey was a senior Royal Navy officer best known for commanding British forces in the pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck during the Second World War.
  • C. Admiral Bertram Ramsay
    Admiral Bertram Ramsay was a senior Royal Navy officer best known for masterminding the Dunkirk evacuation and later serving as the naval commander for the D-Day landings in World War II.
  • D. Admiral Earl Howe
    Admiral Earl Howe was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and admiral renowned for his leadership and victories during the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars.
  • E. Admiral Andrew Cunningham
    Admiral Andrew Cunningham was a prominent Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet during World War II and played a key role in several major Allied naval victories.
  • 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_69d86da882448190a82ea962fe343b79 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e156d3cc04819097367369a78d6ef2 ner completed
NED1 batch_69ffb5c207588190a3d17e5f09d12997 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:53 a.m.