Triple

T20471945
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quirke E502214 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceMaterial P2806 FINISHED
Object Benjamin Black 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: Benjamin Black | Statement: [Quirke, authorOfSourceMaterial, Benjamin Black]

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: Benjamin Black
Context triple: [Quirke, authorOfSourceMaterial, Benjamin Black]
  • A. Benjamin Black chosen
    Benjamin Black is the crime-writing pseudonym of Irish novelist John Banville, under which he publishes noir-inflected mystery fiction.
  • B. Stephen Donoghue
    Stephen Donoghue is a literary critic and book reviewer known for his prolific online reviews and commentary on contemporary and classic literature.
  • C. John Connolly
    John Connolly was a real-life FBI agent in Boston notorious for his corrupt relationship with mobster Whitey Bulger, a story dramatized in the film "Black Mass."
  • D. John Connolly
    John Connolly is an Irish author best known for his crime fiction series featuring private detective Charlie Parker.
  • E. Dermot Povey
    Dermot Povey is a fictional character from the British sitcom "Men Behaving Badly," known as one of the show's central male leads.
  • 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_69e0b4ae5f1081908768b0c9a3a0bf38 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e6996197908190b6570e2a7fd6cf67 ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:33 a.m.