Triple

T21282855
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Parsons, West Virginia E524572 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Ward Parsons — 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: Ward Parsons | Statement: [Parsons, West Virginia, namedAfter, Ward Parsons]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

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: Ward Parsons
Context triple: [Parsons, West Virginia, namedAfter, Ward Parsons]
  • A. Frank Alvah Parsons
    Frank Alvah Parsons was an influential American educator and design theorist whose leadership helped transform art and design education in the early 20th century.
  • B. William Barclay Parsons
    William Barclay Parsons was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of New York City's original subway system.
  • C. Robert W. Wood
    Robert W. Wood was an American physicist and optical scientist known for his pioneering work in physical optics, spectroscopy, and ultraviolet photography.
  • D. Roy D. Chapin
    Roy D. Chapin was an American industrialist and co-founder of the Hudson Motor Car Company who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Herbert Hoover.
  • E. Orville C. Pratt
    Orville C. Pratt was a 19th-century American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Oregon Territorial Supreme Court and later practiced law in California.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ward Parsons
Target entity description: Ward Parsons was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the city of Parsons, West Virginia, was named.
  • A. Frank Alvah Parsons
    Frank Alvah Parsons was an influential American educator and design theorist whose leadership helped transform art and design education in the early 20th century.
  • B. William Barclay Parsons
    William Barclay Parsons was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of New York City's original subway system.
  • C. Robert W. Wood
    Robert W. Wood was an American physicist and optical scientist known for his pioneering work in physical optics, spectroscopy, and ultraviolet photography.
  • D. Roy D. Chapin
    Roy D. Chapin was an American industrialist and co-founder of the Hudson Motor Car Company who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Herbert Hoover.
  • E. Orville C. Pratt
    Orville C. Pratt was a 19th-century American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Oregon Territorial Supreme Court and later practiced law in California.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69e0b5171f6c8190a5d57201ede73811 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e736d3dfbc819081bd876d95c7c480 ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:03 p.m.