Triple

T16583084
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Southern Expressway (Sri Lanka) E402884 entity
Predicate connectsCity P4245 FINISHED
Object Colombo E11029 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: Colombo | Statement: [Southern Expressway (Sri Lanka), connectsCity, Colombo]

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: Colombo
Context triple: [Southern Expressway (Sri Lanka), connectsCity, Colombo]
  • A. Colombo chosen
    Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, historically significant as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
  • B. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
    Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located near Colombo and serving as the seat of the national legislature.
  • C. Galle
    Galle is a historic coastal city in southern Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved colonial-era fort and long-standing role as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
  • D. Colombo Metropolitan Region
    The Colombo Metropolitan Region is Sri Lanka’s largest urban agglomeration and economic hub, centered on the capital city of Colombo and its surrounding suburbs.
  • E. Maharagama
    Maharagama is a suburban city in the Colombo District of Sri Lanka, known as a densely populated residential and commercial hub within the Colombo metropolitan area.
  • 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_69e35999088c8190900497f18728bd0b ner completed
NED1 batch_6a0084b077f481909796b5b60f501239 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.