Triple

T5179400
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Smithtown station E116880 entity
Predicate servesCommunity P82 FINISHED
Object 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: Smithtown, New York | Statement: [Smithtown station, servesCommunity, 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: Smithtown, New York
Context triple: [Smithtown station, servesCommunity, 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. Elizabethtown, New York
    Elizabethtown, New York is a small town in the Adirondack region that serves as the administrative and governmental center of Essex County.
  • D. Brunswick, New York
    Brunswick, New York is a small town in eastern New York State known for its rural-residential character and proximity to the city of Troy.
  • E. Buchanan, New York
    Buchanan, New York is a small village in northern Westchester County along the Hudson River, known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
  • 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_69c1351018b48190910c3dad6c0f9850 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:45 p.m.