Triple

T5176560
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert E. Lee Jr. E116812 entity
Predicate educatedAt P5 FINISHED
Object Virginia Military Institute E9846 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: Virginia Military Institute | Statement: [Robert E. Lee Jr., educatedAt, Virginia Military Institute]

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: Virginia Military Institute
Context triple: [Robert E. Lee Jr., educatedAt, Virginia Military Institute]
  • A. Virginia Military Institute chosen
    Virginia Military Institute is a prestigious public military college in Lexington, Virginia, known for its rigorous academic and military training programs that have produced many notable U.S. military and political leaders.
  • B. Norwich University
    Norwich University is a private military college in Northfield, Vermont, recognized as the oldest private military college in the United States and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC).
  • C. Fork Union Military Academy
    Fork Union Military Academy is a private, all-male college preparatory military boarding school in Fork Union, Virginia, known for its rigorous academics and strong athletic programs, particularly in football.
  • D. The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
    The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, is a renowned public senior military college known for its Corps of Cadets and rigorous academic and leadership training programs.
  • E. Pennsylvania Military College
    Pennsylvania Military College was a historic U.S. military preparatory and higher-education institution, later reorganized as Widener University.
  • 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_69bd446140f08190becb93c61158f27f elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd7974a5308190819b100e07189131 ner completed
NED1 batch_69bed94e269481908118fd1af1fc6a44 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:45 p.m.