Triple

T20115026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard de Wych E490435 entity
Predicate language P15 FINISHED
Object Middle English — 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: Middle English | Statement: [Richard de Wych, language, Middle English]

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: Middle English
Context triple: [Richard de Wych, language, Middle English]
  • A. Middle English chosen
    Middle English is the historical stage of the English language spoken and written roughly between the late 11th and late 15th centuries, exemplified by works like Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales."
  • B. Middle Low Saxon
    Middle Low Saxon is a historical West Germanic language once widely used in northern Germany and surrounding regions, particularly as a lingua franca of the Hanseatic League.
  • C. Old English
    Old English is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken and written in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland roughly between the 5th and 12th centuries.
  • D. Old English
    Old English refers to the descendants of medieval English settlers in Ireland who formed a distinct, traditionally Catholic, landed elite integrated into Irish society yet retaining elements of English identity.
  • E. Early Modern English
    Early Modern English is the stage of the English language used roughly between the late 15th and early 17th centuries, exemplified by the works of Shakespeare and the language of the King James Bible.
  • 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_69da62636cc08190982cc71733a17b8d elicitation completed
NER batch_69e666e3f2288190840d1eb431ac9a1b ner completed
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:29 p.m.