Triple

T18772484
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject M11 E459049 entity
Predicate cataloguedBy P5107 FINISHED
Object Charles Messier 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: Charles Messier | Statement: [M11, cataloguedBy, Charles Messier]

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: Charles Messier
Context triple: [M11, cataloguedBy, Charles Messier]
  • A. Charles Messier chosen
    Charles Messier was an 18th-century French astronomer best known for compiling the Messier catalog of nebulae and star clusters to help comet hunters avoid confusing them with comets.
  • B. Jean-Marie Messier
    Jean-Marie Messier is a French businessman best known for leading the media conglomerate Vivendi during its ambitious but controversial expansion into global entertainment and communications in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • C. Nicolas de Lacaille
    Nicolas de Lacaille was an 18th-century French astronomer renowned for his extensive southern sky surveys and for introducing many of the modern constellations.
  • D. Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
    Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers was a German physician and astronomer known for discovering several asteroids and formulating Olbers' paradox about why the night sky is dark.
  • E. Jean de Lalande
    Jean de Lalande was a 17th-century French Jesuit lay missionary and martyr who was killed by the Iroquois while serving in New France.
  • 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_69d8d395dba0819087568404508590cb elicitation completed
NER batch_69e59336a6b08190819595a55177264e ner completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:52 a.m.