Triple

T16127332
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Union blockade of the Confederacy E391304 entity
Predicate targets P860 FINISHED
Object Port of Wilmington, North Carolina E208137 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: Port of Wilmington, North Carolina | Statement: [Union blockade of the Confederacy, targets, Port of Wilmington, North Carolina]

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: Port of Wilmington, North Carolina
Context triple: [Union blockade of the Confederacy, targets, Port of Wilmington, North Carolina]
  • A. Port of Wilmington
    The Port of Wilmington is a key deepwater seaport and cargo hub in Wilmington, Delaware, known especially for handling fresh fruit, juice concentrates, and other refrigerated and bulk cargoes.
  • B. Port of Wilmington chosen
    The Port of Wilmington is a major deep-water seaport and transportation hub on the Cape Fear River that supports container, bulk, and general cargo trade for the southeastern United States.
  • C. Port of Newport News
    The Port of Newport News is a commercial maritime facility on the James River in southeastern Virginia that handles cargo shipping and supports regional industrial and transportation activities.
  • D. Port of Virginia
    The Port of Virginia is a major U.S. East Coast seaport and global shipping hub centered in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia.
  • E. Port of Brunswick
    The Port of Brunswick is a major deepwater seaport on the southeastern coast of the United States, known especially as one of the nation’s leading gateways for automobile and Ro/Ro cargo imports and exports.
  • 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_69fff2adf5848190a1dd58bc76dd4ffd ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.