Triple

T20471971
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quirke E502214 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object John Alexander — 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: John Alexander | Statement: [Quirke, director, John Alexander]

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: John Alexander
Context triple: [Quirke, director, John Alexander]
  • A. John Alexander
    John Alexander is an American actor and creature performer known for his work in practical effects and suit acting in fantasy and science fiction films.
  • B. John Alexander
    John Alexander was an American character actor best known for his comedic and eccentric roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • C. John Alexander
    John Alexander was a prominent landowner in colonial Virginia whose family holdings encompassed the area that later became the city of Alexandria.
  • D. John Alexander chosen
    John Alexander is a film director best known for directing the movie "Small Island."
  • E. Alexander Bruce
    Alexander Bruce was a medieval Scottish nobleman of the influential Bruce family, related to the line that produced King Robert the Bruce.
  • 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.