Triple

T5382444
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carron Company E113118 entity
Predicate collaboratedWith P435 FINISHED
Object James Watt E10488 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: James Watt | Statement: [Carron Company, collaboratedWith, James Watt]

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: James Watt
Context triple: [Carron Company, collaboratedWith, James Watt]
  • A. James Watt chosen
    James Watt was an 18th-century Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements to the steam engine were crucial in driving the Industrial Revolution.
  • B. Boulton and Watt
    Boulton and Watt was a pioneering 18th-century British engineering and manufacturing firm best known for developing and commercializing improved steam engines that powered the Industrial Revolution.
  • C. James Watt Jr.
    James Watt Jr. was a British businessman and intellectual, known for managing his father James Watt’s steam engine business and participating in the scientific and industrial circles of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • D. Samuel Crompton
    Samuel Crompton was an English inventor best known for creating the spinning mule, a pivotal textile machine that greatly advanced cotton spinning during the Industrial Revolution.
  • E. Richard Arkwright
    Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.
  • 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_69bd4436a1988190af18dcff7fd306b4 elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd86d163f88190939638d44fcb24a7 ner completed
NED1 batch_69bf335661c8819091058a5275b95284 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.