Triple

T4900572
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Conscience Whigs E109787 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object William H. Seward E32724 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: William H. Seward | Statement: [Conscience Whigs, notableMember, William H. Seward]

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: William H. Seward
Context triple: [Conscience Whigs, notableMember, William H. Seward]
  • A. William H. Seward chosen
    William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
  • B. William Henry Seward Jr.
    William Henry Seward Jr. was an American banker and Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War, known also as the son of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
  • C. Frederick William Seward
    Frederick William Seward was an American politician and diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State during his father William H. Seward’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of State, notably surviving an assassination attempt the night of Abraham Lincoln’s murder.
  • D. William L. Marcy
    William L. Marcy was a prominent 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and Governor of New York.
  • E. Levi P. Morton
    Levi P. Morton was an American politician, banker, and diplomat who served as the 22nd vice president of the United States and later as governor of New York.
  • 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_69bd441180708190ba42ffb44fea533a elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd6e4c9a788190aaceec00d0057143 ner completed
NED1 batch_69be6fcda9748190a5101aed11ae14a8 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.