Triple

T5371597
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clarence John Brown III E108862 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object SpongeBob SquarePants E86933 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: SpongeBob SquarePants | Statement: [Clarence John Brown III, notableWork, SpongeBob SquarePants]

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: SpongeBob SquarePants
Context triple: [Clarence John Brown III, notableWork, SpongeBob SquarePants]
  • A. SpongeBob SquarePants chosen
    SpongeBob SquarePants is a long-running animated television series created by Stephen Hillenburg that follows the misadventures of an optimistic sea sponge and his friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom.
  • B. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 animated comedy film based on the popular Nickelodeon TV series, following SpongeBob and Patrick on an adventure to recover King Neptune’s stolen crown.
  • C. The Simpsons
    The Simpsons is a long-running animated television sitcom that satirizes American family life and culture through the misadventures of the Simpson family in the fictional town of Springfield.
  • D. The Patrick Star Show
    The Patrick Star Show is an animated comedy series centered on SpongeBob SquarePants’ dimwitted yet lovable best friend Patrick Star, following his surreal misadventures and family life.
  • E. Patrick Star
    Patrick Star is a dim-witted yet lovable pink starfish and SpongeBob SquarePants’ best friend in the animated television series.
  • 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_69bd440c77948190aad2a5f39b7b80f5 elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd86aa0f5c8190ba96554e75696f8e ner completed
NED1 batch_69bf29347a18819083115fe68db8e708 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:02 p.m.