Triple

T18121897
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject San Joaquin Valley transportation corridor E433758 entity
Predicate passesThrough P225 FINISHED
Object Merced 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: Merced | Statement: [San Joaquin Valley transportation corridor, passesThrough, Merced]

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: Merced
Context triple: [San Joaquin Valley transportation corridor, passesThrough, Merced]
  • A. Merced
    Merced was the original codename for Intel and Hewlett-Packard’s first-generation Itanium 64-bit server processor.
  • B. Merced chosen
    Merced is a city in California’s San Joaquin Valley known as a gateway to Yosemite National Park and home to the University of California, Merced.
  • C. Merced
    Merced is a metro station on Mexico City’s Line 1 that serves the busy commercial area surrounding the historic La Merced market.
  • D. Modesto
    Modesto is a mid-sized city in California’s Central Valley known for its agricultural economy, historic connection to the railroads, and as the hometown setting inspiration for George Lucas’s film "American Graffiti."
  • E. Modesto
    Modesto was a prominent Spanish Republican military commander during the Spanish Civil War.
  • 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.