Triple

T22153025
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Midwich Cuckoos E547461 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object John Wyndham — 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: John Wyndham | Statement: [The Midwich Cuckoos, author, John Wyndham]

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: John Wyndham
Context triple: [The Midwich Cuckoos, author, John Wyndham]
  • A. John Wyndham chosen
    John Wyndham was a British science fiction author best known for his mid-20th-century novels depicting unsettling, often post-apocalyptic scenarios, such as "The Day of the Triffids" and "The Midwich Cuckoos."
  • B. Brian W. Aldiss
    Brian W. Aldiss was a British science fiction author and critic known for his innovative novels, short stories, and influential role in shaping modern speculative fiction.
  • C. John Brunner
    John Brunner was a British science fiction author renowned for his socially and politically incisive novels that helped define the New Wave movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • D. Richard Stapledon
    Richard Stapledon was a medieval English judge and landowner from Devon, known primarily as a member of the prominent Stapledon family that included Bishop Walter de Stapledon.
  • E. A. E. van Vogt
    A. E. van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author renowned for his influential, idea-rich space operas and complex narratives that helped define mid-20th-century science fiction.
  • 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_69e11e3b52088190ad5df386d01eb2fb elicitation completed
NER batch_69f129f5a740819093628386732b91a6 ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:33 p.m.