Triple

T22153048
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Midwich Cuckoos E547461 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Bernard Westcott — 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: Bernard Westcott | Statement: [The Midwich Cuckoos, hasCharacter, Bernard Westcott]

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: Bernard Westcott
Context triple: [The Midwich Cuckoos, hasCharacter, Bernard Westcott]
  • A. Bernard Hart
    Bernard Hart was an early American financier and broker known for being among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • B. Bernard Coard
    Bernard Coard is a Grenadian politician and former Marxist leader best known for his key role in the 1979–1983 Grenadian Revolution and the internal power struggle that led to the collapse of the revolutionary government.
  • C. George Wootten
    George Wootten was an Australian Army lieutenant general who distinguished himself as a senior commander in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War.
  • D. Bernard Clark
    Bernard Clark is a fictional character in Jojo Moyes’ "Me Before You" series, known as Louisa Clark’s somewhat traditional and often exasperated but caring father.
  • E. Bernard Austin
    Bernard Austin was a United States Navy officer best known for commanding American forces during the World War II Battle of Cape St. George.
  • 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: Bernard Westcott
Target entity description: Bernard Westcott is a character in John Wyndham’s science fiction novel "The Midwich Cuckoos," involved in the unsettling events surrounding the mysteriously conceived children in the village of Midwich.
  • A. Bernard Hart
    Bernard Hart was an early American financier and broker known for being among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • B. Bernard Coard
    Bernard Coard is a Grenadian politician and former Marxist leader best known for his key role in the 1979–1983 Grenadian Revolution and the internal power struggle that led to the collapse of the revolutionary government.
  • C. George Wootten
    George Wootten was an Australian Army lieutenant general who distinguished himself as a senior commander in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War.
  • D. Bernard Clark
    Bernard Clark is a fictional character in Jojo Moyes’ "Me Before You" series, known as Louisa Clark’s somewhat traditional and often exasperated but caring father.
  • E. Bernard Austin
    Bernard Austin was a United States Navy officer best known for commanding American forces during the World War II Battle of Cape St. George.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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.