Triple

T16977213
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject USS Monitor E411843 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Union blockade of Confederate ports E391304 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: Union blockade of Confederate ports | Statement: [USS Monitor, associatedWith, Union blockade of Confederate ports]

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: Union blockade of Confederate ports
Context triple: [USS Monitor, associatedWith, Union blockade of Confederate ports]
  • A. Union blockade of the Confederacy chosen
    The Union blockade of the Confederacy was a comprehensive naval strategy by the United States during the American Civil War aimed at crippling the Southern economy by preventing the export of cotton and the import of war supplies.
  • B. U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba
    The U.S. naval blockade of Santiago de Cuba was a key Spanish–American War operation in 1898 in which American warships sealed off the Cuban port to trap the Spanish fleet and pave the way for subsequent landings and battles.
  • C. Bombardment of Fort Sumter
    The Bombardment of Fort Sumter was the April 1861 Confederate artillery attack on a U.S. fort in Charleston Harbor that triggered the start of the American Civil War.
  • D. South Atlantic Blockading theater
    The South Atlantic Blockading theater was the Civil War naval operations area along the southeastern coast of the United States where Union forces sought to blockade Confederate ports and control key coastal waters.
  • E. Sherman’s March to the Sea
    Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
  • 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_69d886ca8f348190812768ea8d5055ce elicitation completed
NER batch_69e3d184f2cc81908ac629c8f87696f8 ner completed
NED1 batch_6a00d4755ffc8190a5c861462e33d526 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.