Triple

T22948528
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yancey E569940 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object James Dewitt Yancey — 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: James Dewitt Yancey | Statement: [Yancey, hasNotableBearer, James Dewitt Yancey]

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: James Dewitt Yancey
Context triple: [Yancey, hasNotableBearer, James Dewitt Yancey]
  • A. James Dewitt Yancey chosen
    James Dewitt Yancey, better known as J Dilla, was a highly influential American hip-hop producer and rapper renowned for his innovative, soulful, and off-kilter approach to beat-making.
  • B. J. Parnell Thomas
    J. Parnell Thomas was a conservative Republican congressman from New Jersey best known for chairing the House Un-American Activities Committee during the early Cold War era.
  • C. Hinton Rowan Helper
    Hinton Rowan Helper was a 19th-century American Southern critic of slavery best known for his controversial antislavery book "The Impending Crisis of the South."
  • D. Josiah Wear Ellis
    Josiah Wear Ellis is a member of the Bush family, known primarily as the son of Nancy Walker Bush Ellis, the sister of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
  • E. Countee LeRoy Porter
    Countee LeRoy Porter, better known as Countee Cullen, was a prominent American poet and leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
  • 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_69e2459199d08190a8184ee2aa935842 elicitation completed
NER batch_69f1819fbf8c8190ad80c93f1507aa73 ner completed
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:46 p.m.