Triple

T18121891
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject San Joaquin Valley transportation corridor E433758 entity
Predicate connects P390 FINISHED
Object southern California — 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: southern California | Statement: [San Joaquin Valley transportation corridor, connects, southern California]

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: southern California
Context triple: [San Joaquin Valley transportation corridor, connects, southern California]
  • A. Southern California chosen
    Southern California is the populous, culturally diverse, and economically significant southern portion of California known for its warm climate, entertainment industry, and major cities like Los Angeles and San Diego.
  • B. southeastern California
    Southeastern California is a largely arid region of the U.S. state of California that includes parts of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts and features extensive dune systems and rugged desert landscapes.
  • C. Calisphere
    Calisphere is a free online gateway to digitized primary sources from California’s libraries, archives, and museums, providing access to millions of historical images, documents, and multimedia items.
  • D. Central California
    Central California is a large, predominantly agricultural region in the middle of the state of California, encompassing the fertile Central Valley and parts of the coastal and inland areas between Northern and Southern California.
  • E. Los Angeles Basin
    The Los Angeles Basin is a large coastal lowland region in Southern California that encompasses the city of Los Angeles and its surrounding urban area, bordered by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
  • 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_69d8b909e8cc81908df4cc2b8ea6d11f elicitation completed
NER batch_69e4ddea61bc8190af4b3efa2596b632 ner completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:28 a.m.