Triple

T20780391
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kenny MacAskill E511461 entity
Predicate politicalAlignment P496 FINISHED
Object Scottish independence — 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: Scottish independence | Statement: [Kenny MacAskill, politicalAlignment, Scottish independence]

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: Scottish independence
Context triple: [Kenny MacAskill, politicalAlignment, Scottish independence]
  • A. Scottish independence chosen
    Scottish independence is the political movement and goal for Scotland to become a sovereign state separate from the United Kingdom.
  • B. 2014 Scottish independence referendum
    The 2014 Scottish independence referendum was a landmark vote in which people in Scotland decided whether the country should become independent from the United Kingdom.
  • C. Scottish devolution
    Scottish devolution is the process by which political power and legislative authority were transferred from the UK Parliament to Scotland, leading to the establishment and evolution of the Scottish Parliament and government.
  • D. Scottish devolution referendum, 1979
    The Scottish devolution referendum of 1979 was a vote held in Scotland on whether to establish a devolved Scottish Assembly with limited self-governing powers within the United Kingdom.
  • E. Scottish devolution referendum 1997
    The Scottish devolution referendum of 1997 was a landmark vote in which Scotland chose to establish its own devolved Parliament with tax-varying powers, reshaping the constitutional structure of the United Kingdom.
  • 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_69e0b4cac7a48190a715cb3d545df2b4 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e6c26f99b88190a84a6889834e1e96 ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:37 p.m.