Triple

T21886719
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject State Secretary of the South African Republic E540423 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object J. H. M. Kock — 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: J. H. M. Kock | Statement: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, J. H. M. Kock]

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: J. H. M. Kock
Context triple: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, J. H. M. Kock]
  • A. Kurt Andrae
    Kurt Andrae was a Nazi official who stood trial as a defendant in the post-World War II Dora Trial at Dachau for crimes related to the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.
  • B. Wilfrid Kühm
    Wilfrid Kühm was a mountaineer known for participating in the first recorded ascent of Bolivia’s highest peak, Nevado Sajama.
  • C. Wilhelm Hauers
    Wilhelm Hauers was a German architect best known for co-designing Hamburg City Hall in the late 19th century.
  • D. Oskar Ritschel
    Oskar Ritschel was the first husband of Magda Goebbels and the biological father of her son Harald Quandt.
  • E. Marc Birkigt
    Marc Birkigt was a Swiss engineer and co-founder of Hispano-Suiza, renowned for designing advanced luxury automobile engines and influential aircraft powerplants in the early 20th century.
  • 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: J. H. M. Kock
Target entity description: J. H. M. Kock was a South African politician who served in the late 19th-century government of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
  • A. Kurt Andrae
    Kurt Andrae was a Nazi official who stood trial as a defendant in the post-World War II Dora Trial at Dachau for crimes related to the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.
  • B. Wilfrid Kühm
    Wilfrid Kühm was a mountaineer known for participating in the first recorded ascent of Bolivia’s highest peak, Nevado Sajama.
  • C. Wilhelm Hauers
    Wilhelm Hauers was a German architect best known for co-designing Hamburg City Hall in the late 19th century.
  • D. Oskar Ritschel
    Oskar Ritschel was the first husband of Magda Goebbels and the biological father of her son Harald Quandt.
  • E. Marc Birkigt
    Marc Birkigt was a Swiss engineer and co-founder of Hispano-Suiza, renowned for designing advanced luxury automobile engines and influential aircraft powerplants in the early 20th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69e0c47a95908190ae3e19b716accb3d elicitation completed
NER batch_69f118ed35948190bbffba2c40029eee ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:05 p.m.