Triple

T16127309
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Union blockade of the Confederacy E391304 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Union blockade E391304 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: Union blockade | Statement: [Union blockade of the Confederacy, alsoKnownAs, Union blockade]

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: Union blockade
Context triple: [Union blockade of the Confederacy, alsoKnownAs, Union blockade]
  • A. Union blockade of the Confederacy chosen
    The Union blockade of the Confederacy was a comprehensive naval strategy by the United States during the American Civil War aimed at crippling the Southern economy by preventing the export of cotton and the import of war supplies.
  • B. British naval blockade of Europe
    The British naval blockade of Europe was a Royal Navy strategy during the Napoleonic Wars that aimed to strangle French trade and weaken Napoleon’s empire by controlling maritime access to the European continent.
  • C. British distant blockade of Germany
    The British distant blockade of Germany was a World War I naval strategy that used the Royal Navy’s control of the North Sea to cut off Germany’s maritime trade and supplies, aiming to weaken its economy and war effort.
  • D. Allied naval blockade of Germany
    The Allied naval blockade of Germany was a World War II maritime strategy by the Allies to restrict German seaborne trade and supplies, aiming to weaken its war economy and military capabilities.
  • E. U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba
    The U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba was a Cold War military blockade imposed by the United States in October 1962 to prevent further Soviet missile shipments to the island and force the withdrawal of existing nuclear missiles.
  • 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_69d87f1bb0988190b490d273dbf3fd03 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e20205bed48190a6930439738da191 ner completed
NED1 batch_69fff7a0ed9c8190a10fa88ee94811cb ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.