Triple

T19755310
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Baroque Cycle E474485 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object Daniel Waterhouse 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: Daniel Waterhouse | Statement: [The Baroque Cycle, featuresCharacter, Daniel Waterhouse]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

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: Daniel Waterhouse
Context triple: [The Baroque Cycle, featuresCharacter, Daniel Waterhouse]
  • A. Thaddeus Rowe
    Thaddeus Rowe is the full given name of American actor and producer Thad Luckinbill, known for his role on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless."
  • B. John Godfrey
    John Godfrey is a British television producer and director best known for his innovative work on experimental and avant-garde music and arts programs in the 1970s, including the influential TV special "Global Groove."
  • C. Thomas Acton
    Thomas Acton was a prominent 19th-century New York City police official and reformer known for his leadership during the New York Draft Riots.
  • D. Robert Sedgwick
    Robert Sedgwick is an American actor known for his work in film and television and as a member of the prominent Sedgwick family.
  • E. Thomas Pond
    Thomas Pond is a freshwater lake in southern Maine known for recreational activities like boating, fishing, and lakeside camping.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Waterhouse
Target entity description: Daniel Waterhouse is a central fictional natural philosopher and member of the Royal Society in Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle, navigating the scientific and political upheavals of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
  • A. Thaddeus Rowe
    Thaddeus Rowe is the full given name of American actor and producer Thad Luckinbill, known for his role on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless."
  • B. John Godfrey
    John Godfrey is a British television producer and director best known for his innovative work on experimental and avant-garde music and arts programs in the 1970s, including the influential TV special "Global Groove."
  • C. Thomas Acton
    Thomas Acton was a prominent 19th-century New York City police official and reformer known for his leadership during the New York Draft Riots.
  • D. Robert Sedgwick
    Robert Sedgwick is an American actor known for his work in film and television and as a member of the prominent Sedgwick family.
  • E. Thomas Pond
    Thomas Pond is a freshwater lake in southern Maine known for recreational activities like boating, fishing, and lakeside camping.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d8e51940a0819087bd2996f98da668 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e6529dada081909c5b4d65247c6032 ner completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.