Triple

T17688087
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Max Showalter E440946 entity
Predicate residence P75 FINISHED
Object Middletown, Connecticut, United States — NE NERFINISHED

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: Middletown, Connecticut, United States | Statement: [Max Showalter, residence, Middletown, Connecticut, United States]

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: Middletown, Connecticut, United States
Context triple: [Max Showalter, residence, Middletown, Connecticut, United States]
  • A. Middletown, Connecticut, United States chosen
    Middletown, Connecticut, United States is a historic New England city on the Connecticut River known for its industrial past and as the home of Wesleyan University.
  • B. Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut, known historically as a major center of the insurance industry and American literature.
  • C. Middletown, New York
    Middletown, New York is a small city in Orange County that serves as a commercial and residential hub in New York’s Hudson Valley region.
  • D. Middlefield, Connecticut
    Middlefield, Connecticut is a small New England town in Middlesex County known for its rural character, outdoor recreation areas, and seasonal attractions like ski slopes and orchards.
  • E. Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
    Waterbury is a historic industrial city in west-central Connecticut, United States, known for its former prominence in brass manufacturing and its location along the Naugatuck River.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d8b9e940b081908b862bb0e6e89b0d elicitation completed
NER batch_69e4704944d8819089b153aa14839fc0 ner completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:03 a.m.