Triple

T5157122
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Newman E116338 entity
Predicate marriedToTitle P17687 FINISHED
Object English sea captain Sir Francis Drake E4624 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: English sea captain Sir Francis Drake | Statement: [Mary Newman, marriedToTitle, English sea captain Sir Francis Drake]

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: English sea captain Sir Francis Drake
Context triple: [Mary Newman, marriedToTitle, English sea captain Sir Francis Drake]
  • A. Francis Drake chosen
    Francis Drake was a 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and navigator best known for circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish possessions during the Age of Exploration.
  • B. Walter Raleigh
    Walter Raleigh was an English Renaissance courtier, explorer, and writer known for his role in early English colonization of North America and his influence in the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
  • C. Francis Drake’s circumnavigation
    Francis Drake’s circumnavigation was the famed 16th-century global voyage (1577–1580) that made Drake the first Englishman to sail around the world and significantly challenged Spanish maritime dominance.
  • D. Charles Drake
    Charles Drake was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous films and television series from the 1940s through the 1970s.
  • E. Frances Drake
    Frances Drake was a British-American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her roles in horror and adventure films produced by major Hollywood studios.
  • 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_69bd445d94788190b72e2cc563120995 elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd7902fbe48190abb58cb0b2b2b62d ner completed
NED1 batch_69bed927ad5481909907c8a1764e9fd8 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:44 p.m.