Triple

T18533928
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir John Willison E452911 entity
Predicate wroteAbout P2831 FINISHED
Object Sir Wilfrid Laurier — 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: Sir Wilfrid Laurier | Statement: [Sir John Willison, wroteAbout, Sir Wilfrid Laurier]

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: Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Context triple: [Sir John Willison, wroteAbout, Sir Wilfrid Laurier]
  • A. Wilfrid Laurier chosen
    Wilfrid Laurier was a prominent Canadian statesman who served as the country’s seventh and first French Canadian prime minister, leading a long Liberal government during a period of national expansion and compromise.
  • B. Sir Charles Tupper
    Sir Charles Tupper was a Canadian Father of Confederation and the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, known for his role in bringing Nova Scotia into Confederation and his long political career.
  • C. Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald
    Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald was a prominent French general and later Marshal of France who distinguished himself during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • D. Louis St. Laurent
    Louis St. Laurent was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957, overseeing a period of postwar prosperity and international engagement.
  • E. Hugh John Macdonald
    Hugh John Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer and politician who briefly served as Premier of Manitoba and was the only surviving son of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald.
  • 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.