Triple

T5020866
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brize Norton E112844 entity
Predicate hasNearbyTown P3883 FINISHED
Object Witney E212382 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: Witney | Statement: [Brize Norton, hasNearbyTown, Witney]

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: Witney
Context triple: [Brize Norton, hasNearbyTown, Witney]
  • A. Witney
    Witney is a UK parliamentary constituency in Oxfordshire, historically represented by prominent Conservative politicians including former Prime Minister David Cameron.
  • B. Witney chosen
    Witney is a historic market town in Oxfordshire, England, known for its traditional blanket-making industry and position on the River Windrush.
  • C. Whitney
    Whitney is a common English surname most famously associated with Eli Whitney, the American inventor of the cotton gin.
  • D. Whitney
    Whitney is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Las Vegas Valley of Clark County, Nevada.
  • E. Whitney
    Whitney is the multi-platinum 1987 studio album by Whitney Houston that solidified her status as a global pop and R&B superstar.
  • 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_69bd4435c2f48190be593158cbfcf8a3 elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd736399ac8190aa38efc4b4edc6a2 ner completed
NED1 batch_69be9c5b09688190a0bc602396042e3f ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:36 p.m.