Triple

T19908287
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aharon Appelfeld E478476 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Ervin Appelfeld 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: Ervin Appelfeld | Statement: [Aharon Appelfeld, birthName, Ervin Appelfeld]

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: Ervin Appelfeld
Context triple: [Aharon Appelfeld, birthName, Ervin Appelfeld]
  • A. Aharon Appelfeld chosen
    Aharon Appelfeld was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor renowned for his spare, haunting works that explore Jewish identity, memory, and trauma in prewar and postwar Europe.
  • B. A. B. Yehoshua
    A. B. Yehoshua was a prominent Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright whose psychologically rich and politically engaged works made him one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature.
  • C. Hanoch Levin
    Hanoch Levin was an influential Israeli playwright, author, and director known for his darkly satirical and provocative works that reshaped modern Hebrew theater.
  • D. Imre Kertész
    Imre Kertész was a Hungarian Jewish writer and Nobel Prize laureate whose works, especially his novel "Fatelessness," explore the trauma and absurdity of the Holocaust and totalitarianism.
  • E. Joseph Roth
    Joseph Roth was a prominent 20th-century Austrian-Jewish novelist and journalist best known for works like "The Radetzky March," which poignantly depict the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
  • 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_69d8e520682081909892916424699bd5 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e6598d91ac8190be6abdd7d1542aec ner completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:52 p.m.