Triple

T5341227
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lewis and Clark Expedition E123948 entity
Predicate commissionedBy P27 FINISHED
Object Thomas Jefferson E1804 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: Thomas Jefferson | Statement: [Lewis and Clark Expedition, commissionedBy, Thomas Jefferson]

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: Thomas Jefferson
Context triple: [Lewis and Clark Expedition, commissionedBy, Thomas Jefferson]
  • A. Thomas Jefferson chosen
    Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and a leading figure of early American political and intellectual life.
  • B. Jefferson
    Jefferson is the fictional Mississippi town that serves as the central setting in many of William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories and novels.
  • C. Jefferson
    Jefferson is the middle name of William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States.
  • D. Jefferson
    Jefferson is a small city in northeastern Georgia that serves as the county seat of Jackson County and lies within the state's historic gold-mining region.
  • E. Jefferson
    Jefferson is a domestic cat known by the given name "Jefferson."
  • 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_69bd464b07f8819095aa76577c9829e4 elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd85cb250c81908a48e4e2bbebbdb9 ner completed
NED1 batch_69bf21aee16081909509f3b14b60a969 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2 p.m.