Triple

T16302841
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wankel rotary engine E395833 entity
Predicate inventor P632 FINISHED
Object Felix Wankel E1206197 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: Felix Wankel | Statement: [Wankel rotary engine, inventor, Felix Wankel]

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: Felix Wankel
Context triple: [Wankel rotary engine, inventor, Felix Wankel]
  • A. Felix Wankel chosen
    Felix Wankel was a German engineer and inventor best known for creating the Wankel rotary internal combustion engine.
  • B. Wilhelm Maybach
    Wilhelm Maybach was a pioneering German engineer and industrialist best known for developing early high-performance automobile engines and co-founding the company that became Mercedes-Benz.
  • C. August Horch
    August Horch was a pioneering German engineer and automobile entrepreneur who founded both Horch and the company that later became Audi.
  • D. Rudolf Diesel
    Rudolf Diesel was a German engineer and inventor best known for developing the diesel engine, a highly efficient internal combustion engine that revolutionized transportation and industry.
  • E. Nicolaus Otto
    Nicolaus Otto was a 19th-century German engineer best known for developing the four-stroke internal combustion engine that became the foundation of modern gasoline engines.
  • 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_69d87f23bb088190a16fbb91a1957ea5 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e25e3404288190a7106d62c15c3193 ner completed
NED1 batch_6a00260151908190b83f700a1c7c6419 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.