Triple

T22323585
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Peter Snow E551846 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object When Britain Burned the White House — 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: When Britain Burned the White House | Statement: [Peter Snow, notableWork, When Britain Burned the White House]

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: When Britain Burned the White House
Context triple: [Peter Snow, notableWork, When Britain Burned the White House]
  • A. White House Burning
    White House Burning is a nonfiction book co-authored by economist Simon Johnson that examines the history, challenges, and future of U.S. public finance and fiscal policy.
  • B. The Battle That Saved Washington
    "The Battle That Saved Washington" refers to the 1864 American Civil War engagement at Monocacy, Maryland, in which Union forces delayed a Confederate advance long enough to protect the U.S. capital from capture.
  • C. Backstairs at the White House
    Backstairs at the White House is a 1979 television miniseries that dramatizes the lives and experiences of domestic staff serving U.S. presidents across several administrations.
  • D. The Man Who Built Washington
    The Man Who Built Washington is the nickname of American building contractor John McShain, renowned for constructing and renovating many of Washington, D.C.’s most iconic federal buildings and monuments.
  • E. Forty-Two Years in the White House
    Forty-Two Years in the White House is a memoir by longtime White House usher Ike Hoover, offering an insider’s account of presidential life and daily operations across multiple administrations.
  • 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: When Britain Burned the White House
Target entity description: "When Britain Burned the White House" is a historical nonfiction book by Peter Snow that recounts the British attack on Washington, D.C., and the burning of the White House during the War of 1812.
  • A. White House Burning
    White House Burning is a nonfiction book co-authored by economist Simon Johnson that examines the history, challenges, and future of U.S. public finance and fiscal policy.
  • B. The Battle That Saved Washington
    "The Battle That Saved Washington" refers to the 1864 American Civil War engagement at Monocacy, Maryland, in which Union forces delayed a Confederate advance long enough to protect the U.S. capital from capture.
  • C. Backstairs at the White House
    Backstairs at the White House is a 1979 television miniseries that dramatizes the lives and experiences of domestic staff serving U.S. presidents across several administrations.
  • D. The Man Who Built Washington
    The Man Who Built Washington is the nickname of American building contractor John McShain, renowned for constructing and renovating many of Washington, D.C.’s most iconic federal buildings and monuments.
  • E. Forty-Two Years in the White House
    Forty-Two Years in the White House is a memoir by longtime White House usher Ike Hoover, offering an insider’s account of presidential life and daily operations across multiple administrations.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69e11e482f788190b78d1588fc26d606 elicitation completed
NER batch_69f1576668b48190a78848c4a54acb39 ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:42 p.m.