Triple

T4494658
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oliver Wolcott Sr. E100663 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Oliver Wolcott Jr. E95923 NE FINISHED

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: Oliver Wolcott Jr. | Statement: [Oliver Wolcott Sr., child, Oliver Wolcott Jr.]

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: Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Context triple: [Oliver Wolcott Sr., child, Oliver Wolcott Jr.]
  • A. Oliver Wolcott Jr. chosen
    Oliver Wolcott Jr. was an American statesman who served as the second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and later as Governor of Connecticut in the early years of the republic.
  • B. Oliver Wolcott Sr.
    Oliver Wolcott Sr. was an American Founding Father, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War officer, and later governor of Connecticut.
  • C. Oliver Ellsworth Buckley
    Oliver Ellsworth Buckley was an American physicist and former president of Bell Telephone Laboratories known for his influential contributions to telecommunications and condensed matter physics.
  • D. William Eustis
    William Eustis was an American physician, Revolutionary War veteran, and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War under President James Madison.
  • E. Elias B. Fish
    Elias B. Fish was a United States government official who served as a federal customs administrator in New York City.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd43cdf15081909a4fa2585ff63b3e elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd5572c60881909101b4e65dd5de06 ner completed
NED1 batch_69bd6f8190e88190aec651ac9fe9ef92 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1 p.m.