Triple

T16907649
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject ctangle E424603 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Donald E. Knuth E17089 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: Donald E. Knuth | Statement: [ctangle, creator, Donald E. Knuth]

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: Donald E. Knuth
Context triple: [ctangle, creator, Donald E. Knuth]
  • A. Donald E. Knuth chosen
    Donald E. Knuth is an American computer scientist renowned for founding the rigorous analysis of algorithms and authoring the seminal multi-volume work "The Art of Computer Programming."
  • B. Robert W Floyd
    Robert W. Floyd was an influential American computer scientist and Turing Award laureate known for his pioneering work in algorithms, formal verification, and programming language semantics.
  • C. John E. Hopcroft
    John E. Hopcroft is an American computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to algorithms and automata theory and as a coauthor of the classic textbook "Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation."
  • D. Jon Bentley
    Jon Bentley is a computer scientist and author best known for his influential "Programming Pearls" columns and books on programming techniques and problem solving.
  • E. Alfred V. Aho
    Alfred V. Aho is a Canadian computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to algorithms, programming languages, and compiler design, and as a co-creator of the AWK programming language.
  • 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_69d889da3e8c8190a2b118f383f0beac elicitation completed
NER batch_69e3ca39f9b08190b15106c6caf895ec ner completed
NED1 batch_6a011b39d39481908f5d7aa21008fc63 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.