Triple

T16809058
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Executive Committee of Finance E408558 entity
Predicate subordinateTo P258 FINISHED
Object Governor of Ceylon E83288 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: Governor of Ceylon | Statement: [Executive Committee of Finance, subordinateTo, Governor of Ceylon]

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: Governor of Ceylon
Context triple: [Executive Committee of Finance, subordinateTo, Governor of Ceylon]
  • A. Governor of Ceylon chosen
    The Governor of Ceylon was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in Ceylon, overseeing its governance during the period of British rule.
  • B. Governor-General of Ceylon
    The Governor-General of Ceylon was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Ceylon during its period as a dominion within the Commonwealth.
  • C. Prime Minister of Ceylon
    The Prime Minister of Ceylon was the head of government of the former British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), leading the executive branch before the country became a republic.
  • D. Colonial Secretary of Ceylon
    The Colonial Secretary of Ceylon was a senior British colonial administrative post responsible for overseeing civil governance and acting as a chief advisor to the Governor in British-ruled Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
  • E. Chief Justice of Ceylon
    The Chief Justice of Ceylon was the highest-ranking judicial officer and head of the island’s supreme court during the period of British colonial rule and early independence.
  • 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_69d88393905081908d00a86b99996ac8 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e3b2ceab608190a9c8cd339ddbea0a ner completed
NED1 batch_6a00c29ea9fc81909087cdf28c9c9fc0 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.