Triple

T19856881
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort E477153 entity
Predicate militaryUnit P1063 FINISHED
Object British Expeditionary Force — 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: British Expeditionary Force | Statement: [John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, militaryUnit, British Expeditionary Force]

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: British Expeditionary Force
Context triple: [John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, militaryUnit, British Expeditionary Force]
  • A. British Expeditionary Force chosen
    The British Expeditionary Force was the British Army's professional field force sent to the Western Front at the start of World War I, playing a crucial role in early battles such as those of 1914 in Belgium and France.
  • B. British Expeditionary Force
    The British Expeditionary Force was the British Army contingent sent to support France and Belgium at the start of World War II, famously withdrawn from mainland Europe during the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation.
  • C. British expeditionary forces
    The British expeditionary forces were military contingents sent by Britain to intervene overseas, notably in conflicts such as the Haitian Revolution, in pursuit of imperial and strategic interests.
  • D. British forces
    British forces were the military units of the United Kingdom, encompassing the British Army, Royal Navy, and later the Royal Air Force, that enforced British rule and fought in conflicts across the British Empire and beyond.
  • E. Allied Expeditionary Force
    The Allied Expeditionary Force was the combined military force of the Western Allies in Europe during World War II, commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower and responsible for operations such as the D-Day landings and the subsequent liberation of Western Europe.
  • 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_69d8e51e7d948190aedbcd6c30361c39 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e6586cd8f08190b34c8886e8617255 ner completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.