Triple

T17049624
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joseph Jacobs E413658 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Joseph Jacobs E413658 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: Joseph Jacobs | Statement: [Joseph Jacobs, name, Joseph Jacobs]

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: Joseph Jacobs
Context triple: [Joseph Jacobs, name, Joseph Jacobs]
  • A. Joseph Jacobs chosen
    Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist and historian best known for collecting and popularizing English fairy tales in the late 19th century.
  • B. Joseph J. Jacobs
    Joseph J. Jacobs was an American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as the founder of the global technical professional services firm Jacobs Engineering Group.
  • C. Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs
    Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs was a British colonial administrator who served as the first Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda after its independence.
  • D. Oscar Eckenstein
    Oscar Eckenstein was a pioneering British mountaineer and climbing innovator known for advancing modern ice-climbing techniques and equipment design in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Joseph Sheppard
    Joseph Sheppard was a notable local figure in Toronto, Ontario, after whom the major east–west thoroughfare Sheppard Avenue was named.
  • 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_69d886cde3d481908d4d01ba88ba7eb7 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e3daa1aeac81909e8d97bd708c6b71 ner completed
NED1 batch_6a01413eba788190982351a97286e81f ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.