Triple

T16688276
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oakland, Maine E405522 entity
Predicate locatedInMetropolitanArea P294 FINISHED
Object Waterville micropolitan area E888701 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: Waterville micropolitan area | Statement: [Oakland, Maine, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Waterville micropolitan area]

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: Waterville micropolitan area
Context triple: [Oakland, Maine, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Waterville micropolitan area]
  • A. Waterville, Maine
    Waterville, Maine is a small city in central Maine known for hosting Colby College and its historic mill and riverfront downtown along the Kennebec River.
  • B. Bridgewater, Maine
    Bridgewater, Maine is a small rural town in northern Maine known for its agricultural landscape and location near the Canadian border.
  • C. Augusta–Waterville, Maine micropolitan area chosen
    The Augusta–Waterville, Maine micropolitan area is a small urban region in central Maine centered on the cities of Augusta and Waterville and their surrounding communities.
  • D. Trenton, Maine
    Trenton, Maine is a small coastal town in Hancock County that serves as a gateway to Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
  • E. Springfield, Maine
    Springfield, Maine is a small rural town located in Penobscot County in eastern Maine, known for its forested landscape and quiet, sparsely populated setting.
  • 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_69d8838c28748190b3f5967c743940ab elicitation completed
NER batch_69e37ea75df481909a7ebb9b2a9d0afd ner completed
NED1 batch_6a008a45af7c8190bfe09dd0e0573573 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.