Triple

T18533911
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir John Willison E452911 entity
Predicate birthPlace P1 FINISHED
Object Canada West 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: Canada West | Statement: [Sir John Willison, birthPlace, Canada West]

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: Canada West
Context triple: [Sir John Willison, birthPlace, Canada West]
  • A. Canada West chosen
    Canada West was the historical name for the region that later became the province of Ontario in Canada, used between 1841 and Confederation in 1867.
  • B. Canada West
    Canada West is a Canadian university athletic conference that organizes and governs varsity sports competition among Western Canadian institutions.
  • C. Canada East
    Canada East was the historical name for the predominantly French-speaking region that later became the province of Quebec in Canada.
  • D. League1 British Columbia
    League1 British Columbia is a semi-professional soccer league in British Columbia that forms part of Canada's pro-am soccer pyramid and feeds clubs into national competitions.
  • E. Canada West Coast
    Canada West Coast is the western coastal region of Canada along the Pacific Ocean, known for its rugged coastline, temperate rainforests, and significant seismic and volcanic activity.
  • 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_69d8d387b5548190aa030dad2cb4947e elicitation completed
NER batch_69e53400d548819080b17f30b3ee7174 ner completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:37 a.m.