Triple

T19755311
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Baroque Cycle E474485 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object Jack Shaftoe 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: Jack Shaftoe | Statement: [The Baroque Cycle, featuresCharacter, Jack Shaftoe]

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: Jack Shaftoe
Context triple: [The Baroque Cycle, featuresCharacter, Jack Shaftoe]
  • A. Doug Shaftoe
    Doug Shaftoe is a fictional former U.S. Marine and skilled underwater engineer and diver featured prominently in Neal Stephenson’s novel "Cryptonomicon."
  • B. Sindbad Vail
    Sindbad Vail is the son of art collector Peggy Guggenheim and her first husband, writer Laurence Vail.
  • C. Henry DeTamble
    Henry DeTamble is a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to involuntarily travel through time, profoundly affecting his relationships and life in The Time Traveler's Wife.
  • D. Mr. Boncassen
    Mr. Boncassen is a scholarly American gentleman in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels, known as the learned and socially unpretentious father of Isabel Boncassen.
  • E. Degory Priest
    Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
  • 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: Jack Shaftoe
Target entity description: Jack Shaftoe is a roguish 17th-century adventurer and antihero in Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle, known for his daring exploits, wit, and morally ambiguous escapades across Europe and beyond.
  • A. Doug Shaftoe
    Doug Shaftoe is a fictional former U.S. Marine and skilled underwater engineer and diver featured prominently in Neal Stephenson’s novel "Cryptonomicon."
  • B. Sindbad Vail
    Sindbad Vail is the son of art collector Peggy Guggenheim and her first husband, writer Laurence Vail.
  • C. Henry DeTamble
    Henry DeTamble is a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to involuntarily travel through time, profoundly affecting his relationships and life in The Time Traveler's Wife.
  • D. Mr. Boncassen
    Mr. Boncassen is a scholarly American gentleman in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels, known as the learned and socially unpretentious father of Isabel Boncassen.
  • E. Degory Priest
    Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
  • 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.