Triple

T5179379
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Smithtown station E116880 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object Town of Smithtown, New York E36989 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: Town of Smithtown, New York | Statement: [Smithtown station, locatedIn, Town of Smithtown, New York]

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: Town of Smithtown, New York
Context triple: [Smithtown station, locatedIn, Town of Smithtown, New York]
  • A. Smithtown, New York chosen
    Smithtown, New York is a suburban town on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, known for its residential communities, schools, and local parks.
  • B. Watertown, New York
    Watertown, New York is a small city in northern New York State that serves as the commercial and cultural hub of the surrounding rural region near the Canadian border.
  • C. Hammondsport, New York
    Hammondsport, New York is a small village at the southern tip of Keuka Lake renowned as the birthplace of aviation pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss and for its wineries and scenic Finger Lakes setting.
  • D. Town of Horseheads, New York
    The Town of Horseheads, New York, is a suburban community in the Southern Tier region known for its proximity to Elmira and its mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, and light industry.
  • E. Town of Washington, New York
    The Town of Washington is a rural municipality in Dutchess County, New York, known for encompassing the village of Millbrook and its surrounding scenic Hudson Valley countryside.
  • 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_69bd79978a208190b2e5909795108327 ner completed
NED1 batch_69bee07d20208190a423a9a395ac9d32 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:45 p.m.