Triple

T20023298
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Cushing E494914 entity
Predicate birthPlace P1 FINISHED
Object Scituate, Province of Massachusetts Bay — 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: Scituate, Province of Massachusetts Bay | Statement: [William Cushing, birthPlace, Scituate, Province of Massachusetts Bay]

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: Scituate, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Context triple: [William Cushing, birthPlace, Scituate, Province of Massachusetts Bay]
  • A. Scituate, Plymouth Colony
    Scituate, Plymouth Colony was a 17th-century English settlement in what is now Massachusetts, known as one of the early towns established by colonists in the Plymouth Colony.
  • B. Scituate, Massachusetts, United States chosen
    Scituate, Massachusetts, United States is a coastal New England town south of Boston known for its historic harbor, beaches, and maritime heritage.
  • C. Scituate, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
    Scituate, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was an 18th-century rural New England town in the British colony of Rhode Island, known for its agricultural character and early American colonial heritage.
  • D. Scarborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay
    Scarborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colonial-era New England town in what is now the state of Maine, historically part of the Massachusetts Bay Province under British rule.
  • E. Stoughton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
    Stoughton, Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colonial-era New England town located in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, known historically as part of the early administrative divisions of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • 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_69da626bfd288190aa5d65098b6433ae elicitation completed
NER batch_69e6628a1ecc8190bf6ee0bedb61e0b8 ner completed
Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:35 p.m.