Triple

T16574596
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aether and Matter E402676 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Hendrik Antoon Lorentz E18298 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: Hendrik Antoon Lorentz | Statement: [Aether and Matter, influencedBy, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz]

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: Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
Context triple: [Aether and Matter, influencedBy, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz]
  • A. Hendrik Lorentz chosen
    Hendrik Lorentz was a Dutch physicist renowned for his foundational work on electromagnetism and the Lorentz transformations, which were crucial to the development of Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
  • B. Ludvig Lorentz
    Ludvig Lorentz is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known biographical or professional information is readily available.
  • C. Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz
    Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz was a Dutch physicist and the daughter of Nobel laureate Hendrik Lorentz, known for her work in low-temperature physics and her collaboration with her husband Wander Johannes de Haas.
  • D. Pieter Zeeman
    Pieter Zeeman was a Dutch physicist best known for discovering the Zeeman effect, the splitting of spectral lines in a magnetic field, a breakthrough in atomic physics.
  • E. Wander Johannes de Haas
    Wander Johannes de Haas was a Dutch physicist known for his pioneering work in low-temperature and solid-state physics, including the co-discovery of the de Haas–van Alphen effect.
  • 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_69d88387363c8190a97a0c942130de97 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e3595bbbbc8190b023f4872908c031 ner completed
NED1 batch_6a006eea409c8190808170a0b3f4bd17 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.