Triple

T21886735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject State Secretary of the South African Republic E540423 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object J. H. L. Smit — 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. L. Smit | Statement: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, J. H. L. Smit]

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. L. Smit
Context triple: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, J. H. L. Smit]
  • A. C. van der Leeuw
    C. van der Leeuw was a Dutch engineer and architect known for designing the Willemsbrug in Rotterdam.
  • B. H. A. Maaskant
    H. A. Maaskant was a prominent Dutch architect and structural engineer known for his large-scale postwar modernist designs.
  • C. D. H. Th. Vollenhoven
    D. H. Th. Vollenhoven was a Dutch Reformed philosopher and theologian known for co-founding the Reformational philosophy movement alongside Herman Dooyeweerd.
  • D. Z.E. van Putten
    Z.E. van Putten is the designer of the official flag of the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius.
  • E. Meijer de Haan
    Meijer de Haan was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter and close collaborator of Paul Gauguin, known for his involvement in the Pont-Aven artist colony in Brittany.
  • 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. L. Smit
Target entity description: J. H. L. Smit was a South African politician who served in a senior governmental role in the late 19th-century South African Republic (Transvaal).
  • A. C. van der Leeuw
    C. van der Leeuw was a Dutch engineer and architect known for designing the Willemsbrug in Rotterdam.
  • B. H. A. Maaskant
    H. A. Maaskant was a prominent Dutch architect and structural engineer known for his large-scale postwar modernist designs.
  • C. D. H. Th. Vollenhoven
    D. H. Th. Vollenhoven was a Dutch Reformed philosopher and theologian known for co-founding the Reformational philosophy movement alongside Herman Dooyeweerd.
  • D. Z.E. van Putten
    Z.E. van Putten is the designer of the official flag of the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius.
  • E. Meijer de Haan
    Meijer de Haan was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter and close collaborator of Paul Gauguin, known for his involvement in the Pont-Aven artist colony in Brittany.
  • 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.