Triple

T20023332
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Cushing E494914 entity
Predicate mother P120 FINISHED
Object Deborah Scollay Cushing — 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: Deborah Scollay Cushing | Statement: [William Cushing, mother, Deborah Scollay Cushing]

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: Deborah Scollay Cushing
Context triple: [William Cushing, mother, Deborah Scollay Cushing]
  • A. Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews
    Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews is a film producer best known for her work on animated features, including the 2017 movie "The Smurfs: The Lost Village."
  • B. Mary Louisa Cushing Boit
    Mary Louisa Cushing Boit was a 19th-century American woman best known today as the mother of the Boit children depicted in John Singer Sargent’s famous painting "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit."
  • C. Ann Pamela Cunningham
    Ann Pamela Cunningham was a 19th-century American preservationist best known for leading the effort to save George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and founding the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.
  • D. Mary E. Blanchard
    Mary E. Blanchard was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in 1950s Hollywood Westerns and adventure movies.
  • E. Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren
    Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren was a 19th-century American author and translator known for her novels, essays, and social commentary, as well as her prominent role in Washington, D.C. literary and political circles.
  • 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: Deborah Scollay Cushing
Target entity description: Deborah Scollay Cushing was the mother of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice William Cushing and a member of the prominent Scollay family of colonial New England.
  • A. Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews
    Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews is a film producer best known for her work on animated features, including the 2017 movie "The Smurfs: The Lost Village."
  • B. Mary Louisa Cushing Boit
    Mary Louisa Cushing Boit was a 19th-century American woman best known today as the mother of the Boit children depicted in John Singer Sargent’s famous painting "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit."
  • C. Ann Pamela Cunningham
    Ann Pamela Cunningham was a 19th-century American preservationist best known for leading the effort to save George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and founding the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.
  • D. Mary E. Blanchard
    Mary E. Blanchard was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in 1950s Hollywood Westerns and adventure movies.
  • E. Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren
    Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren was a 19th-century American author and translator known for her novels, essays, and social commentary, as well as her prominent role in Washington, D.C. literary and political circles.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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.