Triple

T20720774
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chicago–Los Angeles E509303 entity
Predicate traverses P416 FINISHED
Object Southwestern United States — 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: Southwestern United States | Statement: [Chicago–Los Angeles, traverses, Southwestern United States]

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: Southwestern United States
Context triple: [Chicago–Los Angeles, traverses, Southwestern United States]
  • A. southwestern United States chosen
    The southwestern United States is a largely arid region encompassing parts of states like Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and California, known for its deserts, canyons, and diverse indigenous and Hispanic cultural influences.
  • B. Southwest Arizona
    Southwest Arizona is a desert region of the U.S. state of Arizona known for its hot, arid climate, border communities, and proximity to the Colorado River and Mexico.
  • C. Southwestern New Mexico
    Southwestern New Mexico is a sparsely populated region of the U.S. state of New Mexico known for its desert landscapes, borderland culture, and historic mining and ranching communities.
  • D. Trans-Pecos region
    The Trans-Pecos region is the arid, mountainous far western portion of Texas known for its desert landscapes, sparse population, and cultural and geographic ties to the American Southwest.
  • E. Southern Arizona
    Southern Arizona is a desert region of the U.S. state of Arizona known for its warm climate, Sonoran Desert landscapes, and major urban center Tucson.
  • 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_69e0b4c4cc648190b45fda6e2b20af56 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e6c1d5eec08190832ffba8a90f3076 ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:26 p.m.